The works of Laurence Sterne ... With a life of the author written by himself, Volume 3A. Strahan, 1815 |
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... tempers and opinions , that every one seems to agree in this : That as he is going to a house dedicated to joy and mirth , it was fit he should divest himself of whatever was likely to contradict that intention , or be incon- sistent ...
... tempers and opinions , that every one seems to agree in this : That as he is going to a house dedicated to joy and mirth , it was fit he should divest himself of whatever was likely to contradict that intention , or be incon- sistent ...
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... tempers ( how shall I describe them ? ) - formed either of such impenetrable matter , or wrought up by habitual selfishness to such an utter insensibility of what becomes of the fortunes of their fellow- creatures , as if they were not ...
... tempers ( how shall I describe them ? ) - formed either of such impenetrable matter , or wrought up by habitual selfishness to such an utter insensibility of what becomes of the fortunes of their fellow- creatures , as if they were not ...
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... tempers baffle all little reasonings about them . True cha- rity , in the Apostle's description , as it is kind , and is not easily provoked , so it manifested this charac- ter here ; for we find , when he came where he was , and beheld ...
... tempers baffle all little reasonings about them . True cha- rity , in the Apostle's description , as it is kind , and is not easily provoked , so it manifested this charac- ter here ; for we find , when he came where he was , and beheld ...
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... tempers , which seem to take part in nothing beyond themselves ; yet I am persuaded , and affirm ' tis still so great and noble a part of our nature , that a man must do great violence to himself , and suffer many a painful con- flict ...
... tempers , which seem to take part in nothing beyond themselves ; yet I am persuaded , and affirm ' tis still so great and noble a part of our nature , that a man must do great violence to himself , and suffer many a painful con- flict ...
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... temper of his mind , with which all other virtues and vices respectively rise and fall , and will almost necessarily be connected . Tell me therefore of a compassionate man , you represent to me a man of - - - - - a thousand other good ...
... temper of his mind , with which all other virtues and vices respectively rise and fall , and will almost necessarily be connected . Tell me therefore of a compassionate man , you represent to me a man of - - - - - a thousand other good ...
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