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... fortune , is placed by Providence in that ele- vated rank , which allows her virtues to shine with extensive lustre , and to diffuse their auspicious influence over a whole land . That this influence of Your MA- JESTY'S virtues may long ...
... fortune , is placed by Providence in that ele- vated rank , which allows her virtues to shine with extensive lustre , and to diffuse their auspicious influence over a whole land . That this influence of Your MA- JESTY'S virtues may long ...
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... history . FROM all this it follows , that , in order to discern where man's true honour lies , we must look , not to any adventitious circum- stance SERMON Stance of fortune ; not to any single sparkling On the true Honour of Man .
... history . FROM all this it follows , that , in order to discern where man's true honour lies , we must look , not to any adventitious circum- stance SERMON Stance of fortune ; not to any single sparkling On the true Honour of Man .
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Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. SERMON Stance of fortune ; not to any single sparkling I. quality ; but to the whole of what forms a man ; what entitles him , as such , to rank high among that class of beings to which he belongs ; in a word ...
Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. SERMON Stance of fortune ; not to any single sparkling I. quality ; but to the whole of what forms a man ; what entitles him , as such , to rank high among that class of beings to which he belongs ; in a word ...
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... fortune is It is concerned , it is the station or rank which commands our deference . Where some shining quality attracts admiration , it is only to a part of the character that we pay ho- mage . But when a person is distinguished for ...
... fortune is It is concerned , it is the station or rank which commands our deference . Where some shining quality attracts admiration , it is only to a part of the character that we pay ho- mage . But when a person is distinguished for ...
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... fortune ; and by no alte- ration of circumstances is likely to be reme- died . Let us now , III . CONSIDER with what dispositions we ought to look forward to those years of our life that may yet be to come . Merely to look forward to ...
... fortune ; and by no alte- ration of circumstances is likely to be reme- died . Let us now , III . CONSIDER with what dispositions we ought to look forward to those years of our life that may yet be to come . Merely to look forward to ...
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