The Sermons of Mr. YorickFyfield Books, 1973 - 111 pages |
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Laurence Sterne Marjorie David. Sermon I INQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS Psalm IV . 5 , 6 . There be many that say , Who will shew us any good ? -Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us . THE GREAT pursuit of man is after happiness ...
Laurence Sterne Marjorie David. Sermon I INQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS Psalm IV . 5 , 6 . There be many that say , Who will shew us any good ? -Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us . THE GREAT pursuit of man is after happiness ...
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... happiness , and knowing no other happiness than what is seated immediately in his senses - he sends the enquirer there ; tells him ' tis in vain to search elsewhere for it , than where nature herself has placed it , -in the indulgence ...
... happiness , and knowing no other happiness than what is seated immediately in his senses - he sends the enquirer there ; tells him ' tis in vain to search elsewhere for it , than where nature herself has placed it , -in the indulgence ...
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... happiness , upon some of the most re- ceived plans on which ' tis generally sought . The examination of which will lead us up to the source , and the true secret of all happiness , suggested to us in the latter part of the verse - LORD ...
... happiness , upon some of the most re- ceived plans on which ' tis generally sought . The examination of which will lead us up to the source , and the true secret of all happiness , suggested to us in the latter part of the verse - LORD ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Textual and Bibliographical Note | 26 |
Chronology THE SERMONS OF MR YORICK | 28 |
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