The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... give him half the conviction , that the poffeffion of it will , and what the experience of his own life , or a care- ful obfervation upon the life of others , do at length generally confirm to us all . Let us endeavour then to try the ...
... give him half the conviction , that the poffeffion of it will , and what the experience of his own life , or a care- ful obfervation upon the life of others , do at length generally confirm to us all . Let us endeavour then to try the ...
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... give to our pursuits , they allow us what the hurry and bustle of the world too often deny us , -and that is , a little time for reflection , which is all that most of us want to make us wifer and better men ; -that at certain times it ...
... give to our pursuits , they allow us what the hurry and bustle of the world too often deny us , -and that is , a little time for reflection , which is all that most of us want to make us wifer and better men ; -that at certain times it ...
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... fubject ftill nearer . - For which pur- pofe , it will be neceffary to stop here , and take a tranfient view of the two places here referred to , -the house of mourning , and the house of feafting , Give me SERMON II . 25.
... fubject ftill nearer . - For which pur- pofe , it will be neceffary to stop here , and take a tranfient view of the two places here referred to , -the house of mourning , and the house of feafting , Give me SERMON II . 25.
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Laurence Sterne. mourning , and the house of feafting , Give me leave therefore , I befeech you , to recal both of ... gives power fafely to drive on the bar- gain , but fafely to carry it into execu- tion too . This we will not fuppofe ...
Laurence Sterne. mourning , and the house of feafting , Give me leave therefore , I befeech you , to recal both of ... gives power fafely to drive on the bar- gain , but fafely to carry it into execu- tion too . This we will not fuppofe ...
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... give them , unable , from the re- membrance of better days , to dig ; -to beg , afhamed . When we enter into the house of mourning fuch as this - it is impoflible to infult the unfortunate even with an improper look - Under whatever ...
... give them , unable , from the re- membrance of better days , to dig ; -to beg , afhamed . When we enter into the house of mourning fuch as this - it is impoflible to infult the unfortunate even with an improper look - Under whatever ...
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Page 46 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.