The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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Strona 9
... ment uttered fome sharp reflection upon the emptiness of human pleasure , and of the vanity of vanities which difcovers . itself in all the purfuits of mortal man.- But the mischief has been , that though fo many SERMON I. 9.
... ment uttered fome sharp reflection upon the emptiness of human pleasure , and of the vanity of vanities which difcovers . itself in all the purfuits of mortal man.- But the mischief has been , that though fo many SERMON I. 9.
Strona 13
... pleasures of youth are only fit for those who know not how to difpofe of themselves and time to better advantage ... pleasure one could snatch- it too often left a terrible fting behind it : Befides , did the balance lie on the other ...
... pleasures of youth are only fit for those who know not how to difpofe of themselves and time to better advantage ... pleasure one could snatch- it too often left a terrible fting behind it : Befides , did the balance lie on the other ...
Strona 22
... pleasures , merely do tweeten this uneafy journey of ke , and reconcile him to the ruggedness of the road , and the many hard juftlings he is fire to meet with ? Confider , I betòect you , what provision and accom- modation the Author ...
... pleasures , merely do tweeten this uneafy journey of ke , and reconcile him to the ruggedness of the road , and the many hard juftlings he is fire to meet with ? Confider , I betòect you , what provision and accom- modation the Author ...
Strona 27
... pleasures but what cuftom authorises , and religion does not abfo- lutely forbid . Before we enter - let us examine , what must be the fentiments of each in- dividual previous to his arrival , and we fhall find , that however they may ...
... pleasures but what cuftom authorises , and religion does not abfo- lutely forbid . Before we enter - let us examine , what must be the fentiments of each in- dividual previous to his arrival , and we fhall find , that however they may ...
Strona 31
... pleasure should eafily corrupt or foften them ; -that it would be hard to fuppofe , of the great multitudes which daily throng and prefs into this houfe of feafting , but that numbers come out of it again , with all the innocence with ...
... pleasure should eafily corrupt or foften them ; -that it would be hard to fuppofe , of the great multitudes which daily throng and prefs into this houfe of feafting , but that numbers come out of it again , with all the innocence with ...
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Strona 61 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Strona 46 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.