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Page 41
... of its value , and begin to regard it While day after day is with a serious eye . wasted III . SERMON wasted in a course of idleness or [ 41 ] SERMON III On the Improvement of Time 8 And Paraoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
... of its value , and begin to regard it While day after day is with a serious eye . wasted III . SERMON wasted in a course of idleness or [ 41 ] SERMON III On the Improvement of Time 8 And Paraoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
Page 46
... begin to subside to their proper level . Let wisdom infuse a tincture of moderation into the eagerness of contest , by anticipat- ing that period of coolness , which the lapse of time will , of itself , certainly bring . When * III ...
... begin to subside to their proper level . Let wisdom infuse a tincture of moderation into the eagerness of contest , by anticipat- ing that period of coolness , which the lapse of time will , of itself , certainly bring . When * III ...
Page 51
... begin with excluding those super- fluous avocations which unprofitably con- sume it . Life is short ; much that is of real importance remains to be done . If we suffer the present time to be wasted either in absolute idleness or in ...
... begin with excluding those super- fluous avocations which unprofitably con- sume it . Life is short ; much that is of real importance remains to be done . If we suffer the present time to be wasted either in absolute idleness or in ...
Page 63
... BEGIN with observing , that the first duty of those who are become men is , as the text expresses it , to put away childish things . The season of youthful levities , follies , and passions , is now over . These have had their reign ; a ...
... BEGIN with observing , that the first duty of those who are become men is , as the text expresses it , to put away childish things . The season of youthful levities , follies , and passions , is now over . These have had their reign ; a ...
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... which persons who have been liberally educated begin the world , are connected with honourable views . At that period they repudiate whatever is mean or base . VI . base . It is pleasing to them to fog On the Progress of Vice .
... which persons who have been liberally educated begin the world , are connected with honourable views . At that period they repudiate whatever is mean or base . VI . base . It is pleasing to them to fog On the Progress of Vice .
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