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Page 18
The first part of the verse — “ there « be many that say , who will fhew us any “
good ” - To make some reflections upon the insufficiency of most of our
enjoyments towards the attainment of happiness , upon some of the moft
received plans on ...
The first part of the verse — “ there « be many that say , who will fhew us any “
good ” - To make some reflections upon the insufficiency of most of our
enjoyments towards the attainment of happiness , upon some of the moft
received plans on ...
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Scarce a reformed sensualist , from So . lomon down to our own days , who has
not , in some fits of repentance or disappointment , uttered some sharp reflection
upon the emptiness of human pleasure , and of the vanity of vanities which ...
Scarce a reformed sensualist , from So . lomon down to our own days , who has
not , in some fits of repentance or disappointment , uttered some sharp reflection
upon the emptiness of human pleasure , and of the vanity of vanities which ...
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... a little time for reflection , which is all that most of us want to make us wiser and
better men ; - that at certain times it is fo neceffary a man ' s mind should be
turned towards itself , that rather than want occafions , he had better purchase
them ...
... a little time for reflection , which is all that most of us want to make us wiser and
better men ; - that at certain times it is fo neceffary a man ' s mind should be
turned towards itself , that rather than want occafions , he had better purchase
them ...
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... he had left his cares - his serious thoughts and his moral reflections behind him
, and was come forth from home with only such dispositions and gaiety of heart
as suited the occasion , and promoted the intended mirth and jollity of the place .
... he had left his cares - his serious thoughts and his moral reflections behind him
, and was come forth from home with only such dispositions and gaiety of heart
as suited the occasion , and promoted the intended mirth and jollity of the place .
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In those loose and unguarded moments the imagination is not always at
commandmin spite of reason and reflection , it will forceably carry him fometimes
whither he would not like the unclean fpirit , in the parent ' s sad description of his
child ...
In those loose and unguarded moments the imagination is not always at
commandmin spite of reason and reflection , it will forceably carry him fometimes
whither he would not like the unclean fpirit , in the parent ' s sad description of his
child ...
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Page 75 - But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 25 - 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.
Page 96 - 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.
Page 97 - And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
Page 257 - And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Page 31 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 221 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 57 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Page 76 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 245 - So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee, now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.
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| Title | The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 1 The sermons of mr. Yorick, Laurence Sterne |
| Author | Laurence Sterne |
| Publisher | T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1766 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2006 |
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