Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 |
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... morality . It has been my aim to engage the hearts , no less than the understandings , of my hearers , in favour of truth and goodness . Curious fpeculations , learned enquiries , philofophical difquifitions , or vi PREFACE .
... morality . It has been my aim to engage the hearts , no less than the understandings , of my hearers , in favour of truth and goodness . Curious fpeculations , learned enquiries , philofophical difquifitions , or vi PREFACE .
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... truth . It is not my intention to indulge indifcri- minate fatire , or general declamation against vice and folly , without any di- ftinction of characters , or any view to the principles and manners of the age . I mean not to burden ...
... truth . It is not my intention to indulge indifcri- minate fatire , or general declamation against vice and folly , without any di- ftinction of characters , or any view to the principles and manners of the age . I mean not to burden ...
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... truth , extending even to an honeft bluntness and an eafy credu- lity ; a keen appetite for pleasure ; a restless attachment to the other Sex , with an ar- dent defire of their approbation ; an impa- tience of controul , a thirst for ...
... truth , extending even to an honeft bluntness and an eafy credu- lity ; a keen appetite for pleasure ; a restless attachment to the other Sex , with an ar- dent defire of their approbation ; an impa- tience of controul , a thirst for ...
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... follow this direction early , before their fenti- ments have had time to be perverted by their paffions , or warped by the world , are furely leaft expofed to deviation . In truth , I conceive that your con- duct , ADDRESS II . 29.
... follow this direction early , before their fenti- ments have had time to be perverted by their paffions , or warped by the world , are furely leaft expofed to deviation . In truth , I conceive that your con- duct , ADDRESS II . 29.
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By James Fordyce, D.D. ... James Fordyce. In truth , I conceive that your con- duct , my young auditors , will , through the whole of your future progrefs , be very much regulated by the light in which you view yourselves at setting out ...
By James Fordyce, D.D. ... James Fordyce. In truth , I conceive that your con- duct , my young auditors , will , through the whole of your future progrefs , be very much regulated by the light in which you view yourselves at setting out ...
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