Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 |
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Halaman v
... less interefting or he might make the attempt at a period of life , when affi- duity was relaxed , and ardour abated . By reflections of this fort I was re- ftrained for a courfe of years . At length , however , I affumed refolution ...
... less interefting or he might make the attempt at a period of life , when affi- duity was relaxed , and ardour abated . By reflections of this fort I was re- ftrained for a courfe of years . At length , however , I affumed refolution ...
Halaman vi
... or found 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 .
... or found 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 .
Halaman 14
... more , their final result in relation to yourselves , and millions of your fellow creatures , will be nothing less than everlasting de- Atruction , or life eternal . Has the Almighty bestowed upon you fuch marks of importance 14 ADDRESS I.
... more , their final result in relation to yourselves , and millions of your fellow creatures , will be nothing less than everlasting de- Atruction , or life eternal . Has the Almighty bestowed upon you fuch marks of importance 14 ADDRESS I.
Halaman 95
... less , to that which , though more confiderable , is confined within a smaller circle of enlight- ened judges . Those men at leaft , who dif- cover fuch a preference , cannot be great in the best acceptation of the term . But perhaps ...
... less , to that which , though more confiderable , is confined within a smaller circle of enlight- ened judges . Those men at leaft , who dif- cover fuch a preference , cannot be great in the best acceptation of the term . But perhaps ...
Halaman 135
... less management , or it may be none at all , he magnifies himself ; -in fuch behaviour there is an impropriety , an indelicacy , a breach of good manners , which is felt by every one ; and , however many persons may content themselves ...
... less management , or it may be none at all , he magnifies himself ; -in fuch behaviour there is an impropriety , an indelicacy , a breach of good manners , which is felt by every one ; and , however many persons may content themselves ...
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