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Page 7
... proper honour of man arises not from some of those splendid actions and abilities which excite high admiration . Courage and prowess , military renown , signal victories and con- quests , may render the name of a man famous , without ...
... proper honour of man arises not from some of those splendid actions and abilities which excite high admiration . Courage and prowess , military renown , signal victories and con- quests , may render the name of a man famous , without ...
Page 10
... proper part with firmness and constancy ; true to the God whom he worships , and true to the faith in which he professes to believe ; full of affection to his brethren of man- kind ; faithful to his friends , generous to his enemies ...
... proper part with firmness and constancy ; true to the God whom he worships , and true to the faith in which he professes to believe ; full of affection to his brethren of man- kind ; faithful to his friends , generous to his enemies ...
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... proper discharge of many duties , and gives them access to many virtuous pleasures . It is requisite for our acceptance either with God or man . At the same time , if it remain an instinctive feeling alone , it will form no more than an ...
... proper discharge of many duties , and gives them access to many virtuous pleasures . It is requisite for our acceptance either with God or man . At the same time , if it remain an instinctive feeling alone , it will form no more than an ...
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... proper union ; to be consistently and uniformly good ; just and upright , as well as pitiful and courteous ; pious , as well as sympathising . Let us pray to him who made the heart , that he would fill it with all proper dispositions ...
... proper union ; to be consistently and uniformly good ; just and upright , as well as pitiful and courteous ; pious , as well as sympathising . Let us pray to him who made the heart , that he would fill it with all proper dispositions ...
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... proper guards be set . If you have trifled long , resolve to trifle no more . If your passions have often betrayed and degraded you , study how they may be kept , in future , under better discipline . Learn , at the same time , never to ...
... proper guards be set . If you have trifled long , resolve to trifle no more . If your passions have often betrayed and degraded you , study how they may be kept , in future , under better discipline . Learn , at the same time , never to ...
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