Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 - Ethics |
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... should chance to mix with my hearers . It will likewife be perceived , that these Two Volumes comprife but a portion of my fubject , which appears on the flight- eft furvey both comprehensive and vari- ous . To do it but tolerable ...
... should chance to mix with my hearers . It will likewife be perceived , that these Two Volumes comprife but a portion of my fubject , which appears on the flight- eft furvey both comprehensive and vari- ous . To do it but tolerable ...
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... should treat the Youth of their days . You will not fay , that this was the language of a bigot . A bigot , you are fenfible , is the avowed enemy of all moderate counfels . A con- defcending difpofition , an obliging de- meanour , he ...
... should treat the Youth of their days . You will not fay , that this was the language of a bigot . A bigot , you are fenfible , is the avowed enemy of all moderate counfels . A con- defcending difpofition , an obliging de- meanour , he ...
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... should render your fituation exceedingly critical and hazar- dous ? Your Situation will recur to our re- membrance so frequently , that I shall only touch upon it now , as it is affected by the character and circumftances of the times ...
... should render your fituation exceedingly critical and hazar- dous ? Your Situation will recur to our re- membrance so frequently , that I shall only touch upon it now , as it is affected by the character and circumftances of the times ...
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... should ftill be preferred to the mean and the effe- minate ; if humility be both decent and wife ; if piety be the highest obligation of man , his greatest improvement , and his ftrongeft fecurity ; if there be any beauty in fenfibility ...
... should ftill be preferred to the mean and the effe- minate ; if humility be both decent and wife ; if piety be the highest obligation of man , his greatest improvement , and his ftrongeft fecurity ; if there be any beauty in fenfibility ...
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... should treat themselves with difrefpect ? Have they not often been accused of magnifying their dignity in their own opinion , as well as claiming from others a degree of esteem to which their right was not very clear ? Let us ...
... should treat themselves with difrefpect ? Have they not often been accused of magnifying their dignity in their own opinion , as well as claiming from others a degree of esteem to which their right was not very clear ? Let us ...
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