Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 |
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... whole characters ; the peculiar warmth and soft- nefs of their affections ; their fuperior aptitude for devotion ; their prevailing fenfibility to whatever can entertain the imagination , or imprefs the heart ; and perhaps may be added ...
... whole characters ; the peculiar warmth and soft- nefs of their affections ; their fuperior aptitude for devotion ; their prevailing fenfibility to whatever can entertain the imagination , or imprefs the heart ; and perhaps may be added ...
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... whole beautiful flame of frater- nal and christian friendship . In short , St.- Paul was thoroughly acquainted with hu- man nature and human life . In this in- ftance he discovers not more concern for the edification and felicity of ...
... whole beautiful flame of frater- nal and christian friendship . In short , St.- Paul was thoroughly acquainted with hu- man nature and human life . In this in- ftance he discovers not more concern for the edification and felicity of ...
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... whole at once , into useful members of a mighty ftate , through all its variety of departments , which you may in the progrefs of life be called to fill . When your predeceffors retire from the scene , are unfitted for action , or num ...
... whole at once , into useful members of a mighty ftate , through all its variety of departments , which you may in the progrefs of life be called to fill . When your predeceffors retire from the scene , are unfitted for action , or num ...
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... whole of your future progrefs , be very much regulated by the light in which you view yourselves at setting out . If you eftablish it now , for a facred and invari- able principle , to follow , as nearly as your nature and fituation ...
... whole of your future progrefs , be very much regulated by the light in which you view yourselves at setting out . If you eftablish it now , for a facred and invari- able principle , to follow , as nearly as your nature and fituation ...
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... whole on that iffue . He will not fail to declare inftantaneously for the former ; and , if poffeffed of a foul more than commonly well born , he will declare with a noble warmth , from the generous unstudied im- pulfe of his own ...
... whole on that iffue . He will not fail to declare inftantaneously for the former ; and , if poffeffed of a foul more than commonly well born , he will declare with a noble warmth , from the generous unstudied im- pulfe of his own ...
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Página 41 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Página 61 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil...
Página 178 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Página 109 - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Página 238 - But happy they ! the happiest of their kind ! Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend. 'Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace, but harmony itself, Attuning...
Página 238 - Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace ; but harmony itself, Attuning all their passions into love ; Where friendship...
Página 194 - And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
Página 82 - He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' center, and enjoy bright day: But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.
Página 193 - And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
Página 327 - The Hiftory of England, from the earlieft Accounts of Time to the Death of George the Second, adorned with Heads elegantly engraved. By Dr. Goldfmith. 4 vols.