Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 - Ethics |
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Page 64
... just as many as there are irregular inclinations to prompt , worthlefs companions to entice , and dan- gerous follies to enfnare them . To thefe we may add the ftrange diverfities of fyf- tem , " and oppofitions of fcience , falfely ...
... just as many as there are irregular inclinations to prompt , worthlefs companions to entice , and dan- gerous follies to enfnare them . To thefe we may add the ftrange diverfities of fyf- tem , " and oppofitions of fcience , falfely ...
Page 66
... just excuse for not complying with another . But what fhall we fay ? Youth is a stranger to fuf- picion . Paufing pale Diftruft , " as the poet has beautifully defcribed it , " the " affiftant of that flow mistress , Expe- " rience ...
... just excuse for not complying with another . But what fhall we fay ? Youth is a stranger to fuf- picion . Paufing pale Diftruft , " as the poet has beautifully defcribed it , " the " affiftant of that flow mistress , Expe- " rience ...
Page 88
... just wri- ting , it ought , upon the fuppofition of its being highest in value , to hold that place in the fentence , which would make the ideas rife to the end . And we are certain that he gave it the preference to Wealth : " A good ...
... just wri- ting , it ought , upon the fuppofition of its being highest in value , to hold that place in the fentence , which would make the ideas rife to the end . And we are certain that he gave it the preference to Wealth : " A good ...
Page 115
... just a sense of reputation himself , would attempt to difcourage it in others ? So far the reverse , that he urges , in one of his epiftles , an affiduous atten- tion to " whatsoever things were of Good " Report ; " and , as if this ...
... just a sense of reputation himself , would attempt to difcourage it in others ? So far the reverse , that he urges , in one of his epiftles , an affiduous atten- tion to " whatsoever things were of Good " Report ; " and , as if this ...
Page 145
... just mention some of them the malevolence of many , the curiofity of moft , the combination of numbers to find out and lay open the infirmities of an exalted character , as furnishing an apology for the like frail- ties in themselves if ...
... just mention some of them the malevolence of many , the curiofity of moft , the combination of numbers to find out and lay open the infirmities of an exalted character , as furnishing an apology for the like frail- ties in themselves if ...
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