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Laurence Sterne. THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE . IN TEN VOLUMES COMPLETE . CONTAINING , 1. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY , GENT . II . A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY . III . SERMONS . IV . LETTERS . WITH A LIFE ...
Laurence Sterne. THE WORKS OF LAURENCE STERNE . IN TEN VOLUMES COMPLETE . CONTAINING , 1. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY , GENT . II . A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY . III . SERMONS . IV . LETTERS . WITH A LIFE ...
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Page 50 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Page 185 - 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.
Page 248 - Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more. Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again. Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
Page 70 - 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.
Page 19 - 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.
Page 1 - 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.
Page 216 - 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.
Page 19 - 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 to me under the sun.
Page 70 - 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. And there came a...
Page 81 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.