The works of Laurence Sterne ... With a life of the author written by himself, Volume 3A. Strahan, 1815 |
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... sorrows , surrounded with the tender pledges of his love , and the partner of his cares , without bread to give them ! unable , from the remembrance of better days , to dig ; -to beg , ashamed . - - When we enter into the house of ...
... sorrows , surrounded with the tender pledges of his love , and the partner of his cares , without bread to give them ! unable , from the remembrance of better days , to dig ; -to beg , ashamed . - - When we enter into the house of ...
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... sorrow , where there is lamentation and mourning for the dead . Turn in hither , I beseech you , for a moment . Behold a dead man ready to be carried out ; the only son of his mother , and she a widow ! Perhaps a more affecting ...
... sorrow , where there is lamentation and mourning for the dead . Turn in hither , I beseech you , for a moment . Behold a dead man ready to be carried out ; the only son of his mother , and she a widow ! Perhaps a more affecting ...
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... sorrow , I own , has no use but to shorten a man's days ; nor can gravity , with all its studied solemnity of look and carriage , serve any end but to make one half of the world merry , and impose upon the other . Consider what has been ...
... sorrow , I own , has no use but to shorten a man's days ; nor can gravity , with all its studied solemnity of look and carriage , serve any end but to make one half of the world merry , and impose upon the other . Consider what has been ...
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... sorrows which are stirred up in men's hearts by such trespasses , are so tenderly felt by a compassionate man , that it is not in his power or his nature to commit them . So that well might he conclude , that Charity , by which he means ...
... sorrows which are stirred up in men's hearts by such trespasses , are so tenderly felt by a compassionate man , that it is not in his power or his nature to commit them . So that well might he conclude , that Charity , by which he means ...
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... sorrow . She had come forth upon a melancholy errand , to make preparation to eat her last meal , and share it with her child . No doubt , she had long fenced against this tragi- cal event with all the thrifty management which self ...
... sorrow . She had come forth upon a melancholy errand , to make preparation to eat her last meal , and share it with her child . No doubt , she had long fenced against this tragi- cal event with all the thrifty management which self ...
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Abishai actions affecting afflictions amongst apostle appear behaviour behold better blessings brought character Christian concubine conscience consider creature discourse distress doubt duty evil father favour fortune give God's hand happiness heart Heaven Herod Heze Hezekiah holy holy conversation honour human humility imagine instances Israel Jews judgment kind LAURENCE STERNE Levite live look Lord man's mankind manner matter ment mercy mind misery moral motives Mount Ephraim nature ness never numbers observation occasion ourselves passions pharisee pity pleasure pride principle propen prophet racter reason reflection religion riches rience Roman senate Saviour scarce seems sense SERMON shew Shimei Shunem sion soever sorrow soul spirit suffered suppose tell temper tender thee thing thou hast thought thousand tion true trust truth turally turn unto vice virtue whole wisdom wise words Ye men Zarephath