The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... reflections upon the infufficiency of moft of our enjoyments towards the attainment of happiness , upon fome of the most received plans on which ' tis generally fought . The examination of which will lead us up to the 8 SERMON I.
... reflections upon the infufficiency of moft of our enjoyments towards the attainment of happiness , upon fome of the most received plans on which ' tis generally fought . The examination of which will lead us up to the 8 SERMON I.
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... - ment uttered fome sharp reflection upon the emptiness of human pleasure , and of the vanity of vanities which difcovers . itself in all the purfuits of mortal man.- But the mischief has been , that though fo many SERMON I. 9.
... - ment uttered fome sharp reflection upon the emptiness of human pleasure , and of the vanity of vanities which difcovers . itself in all the purfuits of mortal man.- But the mischief has been , that though fo many SERMON I. 9.
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... reflections , however juft in themselves and founded on truth and a knowledge of the world , are found to leave little impreflion where the imagination was already heated with great expectations of future happinefs ; and that the best ...
... reflections , however juft in themselves and founded on truth and a knowledge of the world , are found to leave little impreflion where the imagination was already heated with great expectations of future happinefs ; and that the best ...
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... reflection , which is all that most of us want to make us wifer and better men ; -that at certain times it is fo neceffary a man's mind fhould be turned towards itfelf , that ra- ther than want occafions , he had better - purchase them ...
... reflection , which is all that most of us want to make us wifer and better men ; -that at certain times it is fo neceffary a man's mind fhould be turned towards itfelf , that ra- ther than want occafions , he had better - purchase them ...
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... reflections of this ferious caft , how infenfibly do the thoughts carry us farther ? -- and from confidering , what we are what kind of world we live in , and what evils befal us in it , how natu- rally do they fet us to look forwards ...
... reflections of this ferious caft , how infenfibly do the thoughts carry us farther ? -- and from confidering , what we are what kind of world we live in , and what evils befal us in it , how natu- rally do they fet us to look forwards ...
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Page 19 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Page 47 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 61 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
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.