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Page 17
--The sad story of the fatherless and him that has no helper must be heard . — I
be forrowful fighing of ibe prisoners will come before him ; and a thousand other
untold cases of distress to which the life of man is subject , find a way to his heart
.
--The sad story of the fatherless and him that has no helper must be heard . — I
be forrowful fighing of ibe prisoners will come before him ; and a thousand other
untold cases of distress to which the life of man is subject , find a way to his heart
.
Page 53
... reflect upon the story related by Plutarch : --when by order of the Roman fenate
, seventy populous cities were unawares facked and destroyed at one prefixed
hour , by P. Ĉmilius --- by whom one hundred and fifty thousand unhappy people
...
... reflect upon the story related by Plutarch : --when by order of the Roman fenate
, seventy populous cities were unawares facked and destroyed at one prefixed
hour , by P. Ĉmilius --- by whom one hundred and fifty thousand unhappy people
...
Page 68
But when we further consider his days in the light in which we ought chiedy to
view them , as they appear in thy fight , O God ! with whom a thousand years are
but as yesterday ; when we reflect that this hand - breadth of life is all that is mea
...
But when we further consider his days in the light in which we ought chiedy to
view them , as they appear in thy fight , O God ! with whom a thousand years are
but as yesterday ; when we reflect that this hand - breadth of life is all that is mea
...
Page 69
ten thousand accidents break off the sender thread of human life , long before it
can be drawn out to that extent ? . The new - born babe falls down an easy prey ,
and moulders back again into dust , like a tender blossom put forth in an untimely
...
ten thousand accidents break off the sender thread of human life , long before it
can be drawn out to that extent ? . The new - born babe falls down an easy prey ,
and moulders back again into dust , like a tender blossom put forth in an untimely
...
Page 71
... seventy populous cities were unawares facked and destroyed at one prefixed
hour , by P. Ĉmilius , by whom one hundred and fifty thousand unhappy people
were driven in one day into captivity , to be fold to the highest bidder to end their ...
... seventy populous cities were unawares facked and destroyed at one prefixed
hour , by P. Ĉmilius , by whom one hundred and fifty thousand unhappy people
were driven in one day into captivity , to be fold to the highest bidder to end their ...
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| Title | The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 2 The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Laurence Sterne |
| Author | Laurence Sterne |
| Publisher | R. and J. Dodsley, 1760 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 18 Oct 2018 |
| Length | 238 pages |
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