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The Sermons of Mr. Yorick - Page 76
by Laurence Sterne - 1767 - 96 pages
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 34

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1766 - 722 pages
...fenfibility of heart. . ' I know not, fays he, whether the remark is to our honour or otherwife, that lefibns of wifdom have never fuch power over us, as when they...through the groundWork of a ftory which engages the paflions : is it that we are like iron, and muft firft be heated before we can be wrought upon ? or,...
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The Monthly Review or Literary Journal

Several Hands - 1766 - 596 pages
...fenfibility of heart. 4 I know not, fays he, whether the remark is to our honour or otherwife, that le/Tons of wifdom have never fuch power over us, as when they...wrought into the heart, through the groundwork of a fiery which engages the paffions : is it that we are Tike iron, and muir, firft be heated before "we...
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The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 3

Laurence Sterne - Electronic books - 1776 - 198 pages
...the remark is to our honour or otherwife, that * Jefibns of wifdotn have neverfoch power over us, 33 when they are wrought into the heart, through the groundwork of a ftory which engages the pafiions : Is it that we are like iron, and'muft firft be heatsd before we .can 'be wrought upon ?...
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The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...like Truth, never u fo glorious as when it goes the plaineft. SERMON xxiv. P. I87. WISDOM. T ESSONS- of wifdom have never fuch power over us, as when they are wrought inta thedieart, through Ihe ground—work of a ftory which engages the paffions: Is it that we are...
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The Beauties of Sterne: Including All His Pathetic Tales, and Most ...

Laurence Sterne - 1784 - 292 pages
...that Beauty, like Tmth, never is fo glorious as when it goes the SERM. xxiv. P. 187. WISDOM. LESSONS of Wifdom have never fuch power over us, as when they...through the ground-work of a ftory •which engages the paflions : Is it that we are like iron, and muft firft be heated before we can te wrought -upon ? or,...
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The Beauties of Sterne; Including Many of His Letters and Sermons, All His ...

Laurence Sterne - 1799 - 392 pages
...goes the plaineft. SERM. xxiv. P. 187. WISDOM. TT ESSONS of Wifdom have neverfuch power over -**-^ U3i as when they 'are wrought into the heart through the...a ftory which engages the paffions : is it that we ate like iron, and muft firft ' he heated before we can be wrought updn ? or, is the heart fo in love...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne ...: With a Life of the Author, Written by ...

Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 306 pages
...the younger fen gathered nil he -hatd together, and took his journey into a far country. — 1 KNOW not whether the remark is to our honour or otherwife,...when they are wrought into. the heart through the ground- work of a ftory which engages the paffions. Is it, that we are like iron, and muft fir.ft be...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne ...

Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1803 - 476 pages
...and took his journey into a far country* I KNOW not whether the remark is to our honour or otherwifc> that leflbns of wifdom have never fuch power over...into the heart through the ground-work of a ftory Avhich engages the paifions. Is it that we are like iron, and mult lirft be heated before w^ can be...
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“The” Works of Laurence Sterne, Volume 3

Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1808 - 462 pages
...took his journey into a far country. I KNOW not whether the remark is to our honour or othei-wife, that leflbns of wifdom have never fuch, power over...through the ground-work of a ftory which engages the pafllons. Is it that we are like iron, and muft firft be heated before tee can be wrought upon ? or,...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author, Volume 4

Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1813 - 280 pages
...not whether the remark is to our honour *"• or otherwise, that lessons of wisdom have never such power over us as when they are wrought into the heart through the ground- work of a story which * engages the passions. Is it that we are like iron, and must first be...
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