Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 |
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Side 54
... Still however fufpicions will arife ; a degradation , and a discontent , will be felt . A frown from the Divinity in his breast , a single look of difapprobation from that dreaded Power , will get the better of all thofe unnatural ...
... Still however fufpicions will arife ; a degradation , and a discontent , will be felt . A frown from the Divinity in his breast , a single look of difapprobation from that dreaded Power , will get the better of all thofe unnatural ...
Side 78
... serves to exalt the bleffings still left him , to convert the fimpleft gratifications into a continual feaft , and to crown the whole with the anticipation of immortal joys . I fay not , that fuch elevation will be always 78 ADDRESS III .
... serves to exalt the bleffings still left him , to convert the fimpleft gratifications into a continual feaft , and to crown the whole with the anticipation of immortal joys . I fay not , that fuch elevation will be always 78 ADDRESS III .
Side 138
... still be from it in truth , for aught that he knows ! How feldom can any man be fure , that the approbation he receives is either quite fincere , or not attended with heavy abatements ! How rare is that in- flexible veracity , which ...
... still be from it in truth , for aught that he knows ! How feldom can any man be fure , that the approbation he receives is either quite fincere , or not attended with heavy abatements ! How rare is that in- flexible veracity , which ...
Side 147
... still increasing . The world is apt to rife in its expectations from any character , in proportion to the praises it has conferred ; and , if thofe expectations , however unreasonable , are difappointed , its applause , however merited ...
... still increasing . The world is apt to rife in its expectations from any character , in proportion to the praises it has conferred ; and , if thofe expectations , however unreasonable , are difappointed , its applause , however merited ...
Side 154
... herds , merely fequacious , still fol- lowing in the track which is trodden be- fore them . But can any But can any of you , Gentle- men , deem it fo very honourable , or de- lightful , to be praised by such as under- ftand 154 ADDRESS VI .
... herds , merely fequacious , still fol- lowing in the track which is trodden be- fore them . But can any But can any of you , Gentle- men , deem it fo very honourable , or de- lightful , to be praised by such as under- ftand 154 ADDRESS VI .
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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 178 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.