Addresses to Young Men, Tom 2T. Cadell, 1777 |
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... say , that these remarks ftand confirmed by a cloud of witneffes ? Have you not read of multitudes , who , fascinated by the fmiles , and transported with the profeffions , of " men of high de- " gree , " long courted and long trufted ...
... say , that these remarks ftand confirmed by a cloud of witneffes ? Have you not read of multitudes , who , fascinated by the fmiles , and transported with the profeffions , of " men of high de- " gree , " long courted and long trufted ...
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James Fordyce. when this is the cafe , we are at a lofs to say whether he is happier or nobler , who , having wealth , has alfo worth and understanding , to improve it for the purposes of public beneficence and private Friendship ...
James Fordyce. when this is the cafe , we are at a lofs to say whether he is happier or nobler , who , having wealth , has alfo worth and understanding , to improve it for the purposes of public beneficence and private Friendship ...
Strona 40
... say not that these effects are produced all at once , or that , by conforting with the giddy and the profligate , you will cer- tainly proceed quite fo far . But all expe- rience confirms the general remark of the Heathen Poet , quoted ...
... say not that these effects are produced all at once , or that , by conforting with the giddy and the profligate , you will cer- tainly proceed quite fo far . But all expe- rience confirms the general remark of the Heathen Poet , quoted ...
Strona 53
... say , No. For in the first place , it depends on a correfpondence of such difpofitions , and fuch proceedings , as nei- ther of the two perfons supposed to enter → tain it can heartily approve in the other , or in himfelf . Let ...
... say , No. For in the first place , it depends on a correfpondence of such difpofitions , and fuch proceedings , as nei- ther of the two perfons supposed to enter → tain it can heartily approve in the other , or in himfelf . Let ...
Strona 55
... say what they will : but benevolence and selfishness , truth and falfehood , humility and pride , can never happily coalefce or mingle . This leads me to add , that there can be no cordial communication , where there is not a consent of ...
... say what they will : but benevolence and selfishness , truth and falfehood , humility and pride , can never happily coalefce or mingle . This leads me to add , that there can be no cordial communication , where there is not a consent of ...
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Strona 38 - For they fleep not .except they have .done mifchief ; and their fleep is taken away unlefs they caufe fome to fall ; for they eat the bread of wickednefs, aad drink.
Strona 216 - It should mingle with our daily life as "a spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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