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... ness , upon some of the most received plans on which ' tis generally sought . The examination of which will lead us up to the source and true secret of all happiness , suggested to us in the latter part of the verse : - " Lord ! lift ...
... ness , upon some of the most received plans on which ' tis generally sought . The examination of which will lead us up to the source and true secret of all happiness , suggested to us in the latter part of the verse : - " Lord ! lift ...
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... ness of the heart of man to itself , and of how little we truly know of ourselves , than this , wherein David is convicted out of his own mouth , and is led by the prophet to condemn and pronounce a severe judg- ment upon another , for ...
... ness of the heart of man to itself , and of how little we truly know of ourselves , than this , wherein David is convicted out of his own mouth , and is led by the prophet to condemn and pronounce a severe judg- ment upon another , for ...
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With a Life of the Author Laurence Sterne. ness in our nature to be a check upon too great a propensity towards self - love , so it seemed to op- erate here . For it is observable , that , though the prophet backed his request with the ...
With a Life of the Author Laurence Sterne. ness in our nature to be a check upon too great a propensity towards self - love , so it seemed to op- erate here . For it is observable , that , though the prophet backed his request with the ...
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... ness has decreed to comfort my old age by the • long life and health of my son : -but , perhaps , he ' has something greater still in store for him ; and I shall live to see the same hand hereafter crown ⚫ his head with glory and ...
... ness has decreed to comfort my old age by the • long life and health of my son : -but , perhaps , he ' has something greater still in store for him ; and I shall live to see the same hand hereafter crown ⚫ his head with glory and ...
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... ness , even in spite of itself , does not sometimes ar- gue a man into charity , by its own principle of look- ing forwards , and the firm expectation it would de- light in of receiving its own again with usury . So evident is it , in ...
... ness , even in spite of itself , does not sometimes ar- gue a man into charity , by its own principle of look- ing forwards , and the firm expectation it would de- light in of receiving its own again with usury . So evident is it , in ...
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Page 219 - They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look : for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Page 255 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 238 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found.
Page 50 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : 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 meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 62 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Page 63 - For thus saith the Lord God of Israel: 'The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
Page 257 - Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Page 66 - And it came to pass, after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him.
Page 5 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 139 - 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.