The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 3J. Dodsley, 1779 |
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... ment which it has ever met with from fpirits like yours , which has gradually taught the world to look upon it as the greatest of evils , and fhun it as the worst difgrace — and what is it , I beseech you what is it that man will not do ...
... ment which it has ever met with from fpirits like yours , which has gradually taught the world to look upon it as the greatest of evils , and fhun it as the worst difgrace — and what is it , I beseech you what is it that man will not do ...
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... he had done amifs ; and as a punish- ment for it , that all his riches , which his forefathers had laid up in store unto that day , were threatened to be carried away in triumph to Babylon , -the very place 22 SERMON II .
... he had done amifs ; and as a punish- ment for it , that all his riches , which his forefathers had laid up in store unto that day , were threatened to be carried away in triumph to Babylon , -the very place 22 SERMON II .
Page 33
... the meffengers had come who had been eye - witneffes of his folly . 66 " O Hezekiah ! How couldst thou provoke God to bring this judg- " ment upon thee ? How could thy VOL . III . D 66 fpirit , all - meek and gentle as it SERMON II . 33.
... the meffengers had come who had been eye - witneffes of his folly . 66 " O Hezekiah ! How couldst thou provoke God to bring this judg- " ment upon thee ? How could thy VOL . III . D 66 fpirit , all - meek and gentle as it SERMON II . 33.
Page 121
... ment or excess ; -order it rightly , the advantages are worth the purfuit ; the chief of which are -- to learn the languages , the laws and cuftoms , and understand the government and intereft of other nations , to ac- quire an urbanity ...
... ment or excess ; -order it rightly , the advantages are worth the purfuit ; the chief of which are -- to learn the languages , the laws and cuftoms , and understand the government and intereft of other nations , to ac- quire an urbanity ...
Page 140
... ment turn it towards ourselves : the prefent occafion , and the recollection which is natural upon it , of the many other parts of this complicated blef- fing vouchfafed to us , fince we be- came a nation , making it hard to de- fift ...
... ment turn it towards ourselves : the prefent occafion , and the recollection which is natural upon it , of the many other parts of this complicated blef- fing vouchfafed to us , fince we be- came a nation , making it hard to de- fift ...
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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