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Excerpt from The Works of Lawrence Sterne, Vol. 4 of 4: In Four Volumes, With a Life of the Author, Written by Himself
Because this sentence is not always executed speedily, is the wise man's account Of the general licentiousness which prevailed through the race Of mankind - SO early as his days; \and we may allow it a place, amongst the many other fatal causes Of deprivation In our own - a few Of which I shall beg leave to add to this explication Of the wise man's; subjoining a few practical cautious in re lation to each, as I go along. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.