Sermons: By Laurence Sterne, ...Joseph Wenman, 1785 |
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... matter , and proceed more or less from the rational soul , which is a fpiritual substance . Whether these ought , in propriety , to be called fpiritual gifts , I shall not contend , as it feems a mere dispute about words ;but it is ...
... matter , and proceed more or less from the rational soul , which is a fpiritual substance . Whether these ought , in propriety , to be called fpiritual gifts , I shall not contend , as it feems a mere dispute about words ;but it is ...
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... matter , -- and the natural refult of all his debates and inquiries . —And I am pera suaded , the more observations we make upon the Mort life of man , -the more we experience , and the longer trials we have of the world , and the ...
... matter , -- and the natural refult of all his debates and inquiries . —And I am pera suaded , the more observations we make upon the Mort life of man , -the more we experience , and the longer trials we have of the world , and the ...
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... that is , they who devote themselves to a perpetual round of mirth and pleasure , --cannot so manage matters as to avoid the thoughts of their future ftates , and 6 t's the anxiety about what shall become of them hereafter 38 SERMON XXXIX .
... that is , they who devote themselves to a perpetual round of mirth and pleasure , --cannot so manage matters as to avoid the thoughts of their future ftates , and 6 t's the anxiety about what shall become of them hereafter 38 SERMON XXXIX .
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... matters , but that the remembrance of this will sometimes be uppermost , —and thrust itself upon their minds whenever they are retired and serious . - And as this will natu . rally present to thein a dark prospect of their future ...
... matters , but that the remembrance of this will sometimes be uppermost , —and thrust itself upon their minds whenever they are retired and serious . - And as this will natu . rally present to thein a dark prospect of their future ...
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... matter of religion , and careful about our future ftates , is that which , after all our other experiments , will be found to be our chief happiness , -our greatest interest , our greatest wisdom , - and that which most of all deserves ...
... matter of religion , and careful about our future ftates , is that which , after all our other experiments , will be found to be our chief happiness , -our greatest interest , our greatest wisdom , - and that which most of all deserves ...
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