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Page v
... course , more retirement and leisure than formerly , it occurred to me sometimes , to look back into Sermons , most of which had been composed a great many years ago , with a view to observe how far they agreed in the strain of thought ...
... course , more retirement and leisure than formerly , it occurred to me sometimes , to look back into Sermons , most of which had been composed a great many years ago , with a view to observe how far they agreed in the strain of thought ...
Page viii
... course at school , he entered the Humanity Class in the University of Edinburgh , in October 1730 , and spent eleven years at that celebrated seminary , assiduously employed in the literary and scientific studies prescribed by the ...
... course at school , he entered the Humanity Class in the University of Edinburgh , in October 1730 , and spent eleven years at that celebrated seminary , assiduously employed in the literary and scientific studies prescribed by the ...
Page ix
... course , he underwent the customary trials before the Presbytery of Edinburgh , and received from that venerable body a licence to preach the Gospel , on the 21st of October 1741. His public life now commenced with very favourable ...
... course , he underwent the customary trials before the Presbytery of Edinburgh , and received from that venerable body a licence to preach the Gospel , on the 21st of October 1741. His public life now commenced with very favourable ...
Page xi
... Course of Lec- tures was well attended , and received with great applause . The patrons of the University , convinced that they would form a valuable addition to the system of education , agreed in the following summer to institute a ...
... Course of Lec- tures was well attended , and received with great applause . The patrons of the University , convinced that they would form a valuable addition to the system of education , agreed in the following summer to institute a ...
Page xiii
... course of last summer , after he had completed his eighty- second year . They were delivered to the publishers about six weeks before his death , in the form and order in which they now appear . And it may gratify his readers to know ...
... course of last summer , after he had completed his eighty- second year . They were delivered to the publishers about six weeks before his death , in the form and order in which they now appear . And it may gratify his readers to know ...
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