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Page iii
... honour of addressing myself . Discourses intended to promote religion 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 religion by her conspicuous ...
... honour of addressing myself . Discourses intended to promote religion 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 religion by her conspicuous ...
Page iv
... honour upon any condition of fortune , is placed by Providence in that elevated 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 ...
... honour upon any condition of fortune , is placed by Providence in that elevated 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 ...
Page viii
... honour to fill a high station in the magistracy of Edinburgh , sprung the learned clergyman , who is the subject of this narrative . 9 The views of Dr. Blair , from his earliest youth , were turned towards the Church , and his education ...
... honour to fill a high station in the magistracy of Edinburgh , sprung the learned clergyman , who is the subject of this narrative . 9 The views of Dr. Blair , from his earliest youth , were turned towards the Church , and his education ...
Page xi
... honour which , at that time , was very rare in Scotland . Accordingly his first Course of Lec- tures was well attended , and received with great applause . The patrons of the University , convinced that they would form a valuable ...
... honour which , at that time , was very rare in Scotland . Accordingly his first Course of Lec- tures was well attended , and received with great applause . The patrons of the University , convinced that they would form a valuable ...
Page xvii
... honour on the city , on the church , and on the " country which produced him . C6 " It was the fortune of Dr. Blair to appear at a period " when the literature of his country was just beginning to " receive polish and an useful ...
... honour on the city , on the church , and on the " country which produced him . C6 " It was the fortune of Dr. Blair to appear at a period " when the literature of his country was just beginning to " receive polish and an useful ...
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