Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 |
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... difficult to imagine ; nor can it be neceffary to prove , that , as the behaviour of indivi- duals in their early days gives for the most part a turn to the reft , fo from the character of our Youth in general , we may prognofticate ...
... difficult to imagine ; nor can it be neceffary to prove , that , as the behaviour of indivi- duals in their early days gives for the most part a turn to the reft , fo from the character of our Youth in general , we may prognofticate ...
Side vi
... give me.an atten tive hearing , I applied myself from the Pulpit in a series of Difcourfes , which I meant afterwards to publifh . Nor did I meet with any thing inaufpicious on the occafion ; the ufual audience being from that time ...
... give me.an atten tive hearing , I applied myself from the Pulpit in a series of Difcourfes , which I meant afterwards to publifh . Nor did I meet with any thing inaufpicious on the occafion ; the ufual audience being from that time ...
Side 40
... gives the lye . The internal witness can never be corrupted the voice within will plead for Virtue , however forfaken or oppreffed : the Heaven - taught advocate may be over- borne by noife and violence , may be dif- couraged and ...
... gives the lye . The internal witness can never be corrupted the voice within will plead for Virtue , however forfaken or oppreffed : the Heaven - taught advocate may be over- borne by noife and violence , may be dif- couraged and ...
Side 54
... mea- fure , to elude the terrors of the inward judge ; whilft it gives him a pretended licence to commit almoft every crime , t to plume himself on the reputa- tion of a Gentleman ! Let him only abstain from 54- ADDRESS II .
... mea- fure , to elude the terrors of the inward judge ; whilft it gives him a pretended licence to commit almoft every crime , t to plume himself on the reputa- tion of a Gentleman ! Let him only abstain from 54- ADDRESS II .
Side 60
... give fuch grace and fweetnefs to the bloom of life . " Is it poffible to think of those lovely qualities , and not figh to fee them fo often defaced in the fucceeding scenes ? Is it poffible to contemplate the ruins . of youthful ...
... give fuch grace and fweetnefs to the bloom of life . " Is it poffible to think of those lovely qualities , and not figh to fee them fo often defaced in the fucceeding scenes ? Is it poffible to contemplate the ruins . of youthful ...
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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.