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Page viii
... death as the first earnest of his fame . At this time Dr. Blair commenced a method of study which contributed much to the accuracy and extent of his know- ledge , and which he continued to practise occasionally even after his reputation ...
... death as the first earnest of his fame . At this time Dr. Blair commenced a method of study which contributed much to the accuracy and extent of his know- ledge , and which he continued to practise occasionally even after his reputation ...
Page xii
... death . The motives which gave rise to the present volume ‡ are sufficiently explained by himself in his Address to the Reader . * Vol . I. containing Sermons I — XV . + Vol . II . Vol . III . Vol . IV . XVI - XXX . XXXI - L . LI - LXXI ...
... death . The motives which gave rise to the present volume ‡ are sufficiently explained by himself in his Address to the Reader . * Vol . I. containing Sermons I — XV . + Vol . II . Vol . III . Vol . IV . XVI - XXX . XXXI - L . LI - LXXI ...
Page xiii
... death , in the form and order in which they now appear . And it may gratify his readers to know that the last of them which he composed , though not the last in the order adopted for publication , was the Sermon on A Life of Dissipation ...
... death , in the form and order in which they now appear . And it may gratify his readers to know that the last of them which he composed , though not the last in the order adopted for publication , was the Sermon on A Life of Dissipation ...
Page xv
... death , after she had shared with the tenderest affection in all his fortunes , and contributed near half a century to his happiness and comfort . Dr. Blair had been naturally of a feeble constitution of body ; but as he grew up , his ...
... death , after she had shared with the tenderest affection in all his fortunes , and contributed near half a century to his happiness and comfort . Dr. Blair had been naturally of a feeble constitution of body ; but as he grew up , his ...
Page xvi
... death was universal and deep through the city which he had so long instructed and adorned . Its Magistrates , participating in the general grief , appointed his church to be put in mourning ; and his colleague in it , the writer of this ...
... death was universal and deep through the city which he had so long instructed and adorned . Its Magistrates , participating in the general grief , appointed his church to be put in mourning ; and his colleague in it , the writer of this ...
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