The Sermons of Mr. Yorick ...J. Dodsley, 1775 |
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... nature , -where favourable times and lucky accidents have done for them , what wisdom or fkill could not : and there is fcarce any one who has lived long in the world , who upon looking backwards will not discover fuch a mix- ture of ...
... nature , -where favourable times and lucky accidents have done for them , what wisdom or fkill could not : and there is fcarce any one who has lived long in the world , who upon looking backwards will not discover fuch a mix- ture of ...
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... it , would always answer according to the wisdom and stratagem in which they were laid , and every cause , in the course of things , would produce its natural effect without without variation . Now as this is not the cafe SERMON VIII . 13.
... it , would always answer according to the wisdom and stratagem in which they were laid , and every cause , in the course of things , would produce its natural effect without without variation . Now as this is not the cafe SERMON VIII . 13.
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... nature's laws , that the race fhould ever be to the fwift , - and the battle to the ftrong ; -it is rea- fonable that the beft contrivances and means fhould have beft fuccefs , -and fince it often falls out otherwise in the cafe of man ...
... nature's laws , that the race fhould ever be to the fwift , - and the battle to the ftrong ; -it is rea- fonable that the beft contrivances and means fhould have beft fuccefs , -and fince it often falls out otherwise in the cafe of man ...
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... the laws and powers of nature are derived , who , as he has appointed , -- fo holds them as inftruments in his hand : and without invading the liberty and free will will of his creatures , can turn the pas- fions 16 SERMON VIII .
... the laws and powers of nature are derived , who , as he has appointed , -- fo holds them as inftruments in his hand : and without invading the liberty and free will will of his creatures , can turn the pas- fions 16 SERMON VIII .
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... natural caufes , —yet , in anfwer , let him go one ftep higher - and confider , -whose power it is that enables thefe caufes to work- whofe knowledge it is , that foresees what will be their effects , -whofe good- ness it is , that is ...
... natural caufes , —yet , in anfwer , let him go one ftep higher - and confider , -whose power it is that enables thefe caufes to work- whofe knowledge it is , that foresees what will be their effects , -whofe good- ness it is , that is ...
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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.