The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 3J. Dodsley, 1779 |
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... virtue may not be extracted from the errors of both the one and the other . VANITY bids all her fons to be ge . nerous and brave , and her daugh- ters to be chafte and courteous . But why do we want her inftructions ? Afk the comedian ...
... virtue may not be extracted from the errors of both the one and the other . VANITY bids all her fons to be ge . nerous and brave , and her daugh- ters to be chafte and courteous . But why do we want her inftructions ? Afk the comedian ...
Page 44
... beft motive- the fenfe of what is due to virtue , governed by difcretion and the utmost fellow feeling : were we to go on other- wife , beginning with the great broad cloak of hypocrify , and fo down through all its 44 SERMON II .
... beft motive- the fenfe of what is due to virtue , governed by difcretion and the utmost fellow feeling : were we to go on other- wife , beginning with the great broad cloak of hypocrify , and fo down through all its 44 SERMON II .
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... educate the unknown orphan ? -- Poverty ! thou haft no genealogies : -- See ! is he not the father of the child ? Thus do we rob heroes of the best part of their glory - their virtue . Take away the motive 46 SERMON II .
... educate the unknown orphan ? -- Poverty ! thou haft no genealogies : -- See ! is he not the father of the child ? Thus do we rob heroes of the best part of their glory - their virtue . Take away the motive 46 SERMON II .
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Laurence Sterne. their glory - their virtue . Take away the motive of the act , you take away all that is worth having in it ; -wrest it to ungenerous ends , you load the virtuous man who did it with infa- my ; undo it all - I befeech ...
Laurence Sterne. their glory - their virtue . Take away the motive of the act , you take away all that is worth having in it ; -wrest it to ungenerous ends , you load the virtuous man who did it with infa- my ; undo it all - I befeech ...
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... virtue before she fell , - may be fo many appeals from juftice to the judgment - feat of pity .鉴 Here then let us ftop a moment , and give the ftory of the Levite and his Concubine a fecond hearing : like all others , much of it ...
... virtue before she fell , - may be fo many appeals from juftice to the judgment - feat of pity .鉴 Here then let us ftop a moment , and give the ftory of the Levite and his Concubine a fecond hearing : like all others , much of it ...
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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