Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 |
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Strona 30
... the lower pro- penfities of your make , you labour to perfuade yourselves , that you were formed chiefly for the gratification of these last , and chufe accordingly the path to which they point ; what is then to be expected ? 30 ADDRESS IL.
... the lower pro- penfities of your make , you labour to perfuade yourselves , that you were formed chiefly for the gratification of these last , and chufe accordingly the path to which they point ; what is then to be expected ? 30 ADDRESS IL.
Strona 31
... more variable than the winds , more rest- lefs than the waves ; and that the last , when rightly understood , is built on truths and conclufions immutable as God himself , and unshaken as his throne ? In the ADDRESS II . 31.
... more variable than the winds , more rest- lefs than the waves ; and that the last , when rightly understood , is built on truths and conclufions immutable as God himself , and unshaken as his throne ? In the ADDRESS II . 31.
Strona 52
... last some deceive , and fome devour him he difcovers ingratitude in many , infincerity in more , and selfishness in most he is confounded with the treach- ery of one , and provoked by the impu- dence of another . What is the confe ...
... last some deceive , and fome devour him he difcovers ingratitude in many , infincerity in more , and selfishness in most he is confounded with the treach- ery of one , and provoked by the impu- dence of another . What is the confe ...
Strona 89
... last often attracts the gaze of admira- tion , and raises the figh of envy : but even in such a state it is not feldom an object of contempt , when compared with the intrinfic dignity of an exalted fame That the best and greatest men ...
... last often attracts the gaze of admira- tion , and raises the figh of envy : but even in such a state it is not feldom an object of contempt , when compared with the intrinfic dignity of an exalted fame That the best and greatest men ...
Strona 97
... " the noon day . " Superior excellence will at last be observed , acknowledged , honoured by all , or almost all , fituated near it , whom good fenfe would defire to please . VOL . I. H I faid , By all , or almoft all , ADDRESS IV . 97.
... " the noon day . " Superior excellence will at last be observed , acknowledged , honoured by all , or almost all , fituated near it , whom good fenfe would defire to please . VOL . I. H I faid , By all , or almoft all , ADDRESS IV . 97.
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