The Works of Laurence Sterne ...: With a Life of the Author, Written by Himself ...J. Turnbull, 1803 |
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... reflections upon the infufficiency of most of our en- joyments towards the attainment of happiness , upon fome of the most received plans on which ' tis gene- rally fought . The examination of which will lead us up to the fource , and ...
... reflections upon the infufficiency of most of our en- joyments towards the attainment of happiness , upon fome of the most received plans on which ' tis gene- rally fought . The examination of which will lead us up to the fource , and ...
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... reflection upon the emptiness of human pleasure , and of the vanity of vanities which discovers itself in all the ... reflections , however just in themselves , and founded on truth and a knowledge of the world , are found to leave ...
... reflection upon the emptiness of human pleasure , and of the vanity of vanities which discovers itself in all the ... reflections , however just in themselves , and founded on truth and a knowledge of the world , are found to leave ...
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... reflection , which is all that most of us want to make us wifer and better men ; that at certain times it is fo neceffary a man's mind fhould be turned towards itself , that rather than want occafions , he had better purchase them at ...
... reflection , which is all that most of us want to make us wifer and better men ; that at certain times it is fo neceffary a man's mind fhould be turned towards itself , that rather than want occafions , he had better purchase them at ...
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... reflections behind him , and was come forth from home with only such dis . pofitions and gaiety of heart as fuited the occafion , and promoted the intended mirth and jollity of the place . With this preparation of mind , which is as ...
... reflections behind him , and was come forth from home with only such dis . pofitions and gaiety of heart as fuited the occafion , and promoted the intended mirth and jollity of the place . With this preparation of mind , which is as ...
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... reflections of this serious caft , how infenfibly do the thoughts carry us farther -and , from confidering , what we are - what kind of world we live in - and what evils befal us in it , how naturally do they fet us to look forwards at ...
... reflections of this serious caft , how infenfibly do the thoughts carry us farther -and , from confidering , what we are - what kind of world we live in - and what evils befal us in it , how naturally do they fet us to look forwards at ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt almoſt anſwer becauſe befides behold beſt bleffings cafe caft caufe cauſe character circumftances compaffion confequence confider confideration courfe defires difpofition diftrefs evil fafely faid fame favour feems felf fenfe fent ferve fhall fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes forrow foul fpirits ftand ftill ftrong fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport fure give goodneſs greateſt hand happineſs heart Heze Hezekiah himſelf houſe human impreffions inftances intereft itſelf juft juftice juſt kindneſs laſt LAURENCE STERNE leaſt lefs likewife look mercy miferable mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves paffage paffed paffions paſs pity pleaſure poffibly prefent prefervation prophet purpoſe racter reafon reflections reft religion SAVIOUR ſay ſeem SERMON ſhall ſhe Shimei ſpeak ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion truft unto uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom worfe Zarephath
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 29 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Seite 18 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Seite 239 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, That he might eat the increase of the fields; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock...
Seite 122 - 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.
Seite 1 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Seite 91 - 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.
Seite 29 - But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own...
Seite 103 - 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.
Seite xiii - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Seite ix - Ambition takes him by the hand and carries him into the world, shows him all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them, — points out the many ways of advancing his fortune and...