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... Person to whom I have now the honour of addressing myself . Discourses intended to promote re- ligion and virtue can be inscribed to none more suitably than to One who , in the highest station of life , has ever supported the cause of ...
... Person to whom I have now the honour of addressing myself . Discourses intended to promote re- ligion and virtue can be inscribed to none more suitably than to One who , in the highest station of life , has ever supported the cause of ...
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... Person whose charac- ter would have reflected honour upon any condition of 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 ...
... Person whose charac- ter would have reflected honour upon any condition of 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 ...
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... persons of a peculiar turn of mind it may afford consolation under the distresses of life : but from the active scenes of the world , and from those vigorous exertions which dis- play to advantage the human abilities , they incline ...
... persons of a peculiar turn of mind it may afford consolation under the distresses of life : but from the active scenes of the world , and from those vigorous exertions which dis- play to advantage the human abilities , they incline ...
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... persons graced with noble birth , or placed in high stations , much external honour is due . This is what the subordination of society necessa- I. rily requires ; and what every good mem- SERMON rily 6 On the true Honour of Man .
... persons graced with noble birth , or placed in high stations , much external honour is due . This is what the subordination of society necessa- I. rily requires ; and what every good mem- SERMON rily 6 On the true Honour of Man .
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... persons , when externally respected , are , neverthe- less , despised by men in their hearts ; nay , sometimes execrated by the public ? Their elevation , if they have been unworthy of it , is so far from procuring them true honour ...
... persons , when externally respected , are , neverthe- less , despised by men in their hearts ; nay , sometimes execrated by the public ? Their elevation , if they have been unworthy of it , is so far from procuring them true honour ...
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