The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 3J. Dodsley, 1779 |
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... almost " at thy command whilst thou wast " humble ? and , How was it , that thou " couldft barter away all this , for " what was lighter than a bubble , and " defecrate an action fo full of cour- " tefy and kindness as thine appeared ...
... almost " at thy command whilst thou wast " humble ? and , How was it , that thou " couldft barter away all this , for " what was lighter than a bubble , and " defecrate an action fo full of cour- " tefy and kindness as thine appeared ...
Page 40
... almost out of knavery : Chastity , never once in harm's way , -and cou- rage , like a Spanish foldier upon an Italian ftage - a bladder full of wind.- --Hark ! that , the found of that trumpet , let not my foldier run , ' tis fome good ...
... almost out of knavery : Chastity , never once in harm's way , -and cou- rage , like a Spanish foldier upon an Italian ftage - a bladder full of wind.- --Hark ! that , the found of that trumpet , let not my foldier run , ' tis fome good ...
Page 94
... to judge rightly , had no understand- " ing . " That in many dark and abstracted questions of mere fpeculation , we fhould err -- is not ftrange : we live among myfteries and riddles , and almost every thing which 6 94 SERMON IV .
... to judge rightly , had no understand- " ing . " That in many dark and abstracted questions of mere fpeculation , we fhould err -- is not ftrange : we live among myfteries and riddles , and almost every thing which 6 94 SERMON IV .
Page 95
Laurence Sterne. among myfteries and riddles , and almost every thing which comes in our way , in one light or other , may be faid to baffle our understandings , --yet feldom , fo as to miftake in extremities , and take one contrary for ...
Laurence Sterne. among myfteries and riddles , and almost every thing which comes in our way , in one light or other , may be faid to baffle our understandings , --yet feldom , fo as to miftake in extremities , and take one contrary for ...
Page 97
... almost fettled before the arbitrator is called into the debate ; but in the more flagrant inftances , where the paffions govern the whole man , ' tis melan- choly to see the office to which reason , the great prerogative of his nature ...
... almost fettled before the arbitrator is called into the debate ; but in the more flagrant inftances , where the paffions govern the whole man , ' tis melan- choly to see the office to which reason , the great prerogative of his nature ...
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Abishai againſt almoſt anſwer Babylon becauſe befides beseech beſt bleffings cafes caft caufe Chriftian concubine courfe curfed defire deliverance diſcourſe evil faid fame father fecond feek feemed feen Felix fent ferve fettle feven fhall fide fince fing firft firſt flain fo long fome fomething forrow foul fpirits ftill ftrength fuch fuffered fure give greateſt heart herſelf Hezekiah himſelf houſe Ifrael inftance intereft itſelf juftice Laban leaſt leffon lefs Levite look meaſure meffengers ment mercy mifery moft moſt mount Ephraim muſt natural neceffary nerally obſervation occafion ourſelves paffage paffions pafs pity pleaſures poffeffion poffibly prefent prodigal puniſhment purpoſe purſue racter reafon religion ſeems SERMON ſhall ſhe Shimei ſhort ſhould ſpeak ſtand ſtill ſtory thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranſport tural turn unto uſe virtue whilft whofe whoſe wife wiſdom