The Sermons of Mr. Yorick ...J. Dodsley, 1775 |
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... , the authority of the obfervation is ftrong beyond doubt , and the evidence given of it in all ages fo alternately con- firmed by examples and complaints , as to 2 to leave the fact itself unquestionable- That things are 8 SERMON VIII .
... , the authority of the obfervation is ftrong beyond doubt , and the evidence given of it in all ages fo alternately con- firmed by examples and complaints , as to 2 to leave the fact itself unquestionable- That things are 8 SERMON VIII .
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Laurence Sterne. 2 to leave the fact itself unquestionable- That things are carried on in this world , fometimes fo contrary to all our reason- ings , and the feeming probabilities of fuccefs , that even the race is not to the fwift ...
Laurence Sterne. 2 to leave the fact itself unquestionable- That things are carried on in this world , fometimes fo contrary to all our reason- ings , and the feeming probabilities of fuccefs , that even the race is not to the fwift ...
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... leave him ftruggling to the end of his life , in the very fame place in which he firft began it . The history of a fecond , fhall in all refpects be the contrast to this . He fhall come into the world with the most unpromising ...
... leave him ftruggling to the end of his life , in the very fame place in which he firft began it . The history of a fecond , fhall in all refpects be the contrast to this . He fhall come into the world with the most unpromising ...
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... this life , as to leave him very little reafon to dif pute against the fact , and , I should hope , as little upon the conclufions to be drawn from it . Some , Some , indeed , from a fuperficial view of this 12 SERMON VIII .
... this life , as to leave him very little reafon to dif pute against the fact , and , I should hope , as little upon the conclufions to be drawn from it . Some , Some , indeed , from a fuperficial view of this 12 SERMON VIII .
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... leaving them to the mercy of time and chance to be furthered or disappointed as fuch blind agents directed . Whereas in truth the very oppofite conclufion follows . For confider , if a fuperior intelligent power did not fometimes cross ...
... leaving them to the mercy of time and chance to be furthered or disappointed as fuch blind agents directed . Whereas in truth the very oppofite conclufion follows . For confider , if a fuperior intelligent power did not fometimes cross ...
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Page 96 - 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 27 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 55 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 149 - 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 135 - Cowards have done good and kind actions ; — -cowards have even fought, — nay, sometimes even conquered; — but a coward never forgave! — It is not in his nature ; — the power of doing it flows only from a strength and greatness of soul, conscious of its own force and security, and above the little temptations of resenting every fruitless attempt to interrupt its happiness.
Page 95 - Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter ? Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive berries ? either a vine, figs ? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Page 130 - 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.
Page 78 - Consider how great a part of our species, in all ages down to this, have been trod under the feet of cruel and capricious tyrants, who would neither hear their cries nor pity their distresses. Consider slavery — what it is — how bitter a draught — and how many millions are made to drink of it.
Page 216 - ... there is scarce any lot so low, but there is something in it to satisfy the man whom it has befallen ; Providence having so ordered things, that in every man's cup, how bitter soever, there are some cordial drops, — some good circumstances, which, if wisely extracted, are sufficient for the purpose he wants them, — that is, to make him contented, and, if not happy, at least resigned.