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Page xv
... mind , tempered with the most unsuspecting sim- plicity , and united to eminent talents and inflexible integrity , while it secured to the last his own relish of life , was won- derfully calculated to endear him to his friends , and to ...
... mind , tempered with the most unsuspecting sim- plicity , and united to eminent talents and inflexible integrity , while it secured to the last his own relish of life , was won- derfully calculated to endear him to his friends , and to ...
Page xix
... mind , " fortified by religious habits , and buoyed up by his native " tendency to contentment , sustained itself on God , and " enabled him to persevere to the end in the active and " cheerful discharge of the duties of his station ...
... mind , " fortified by religious habits , and buoyed up by his native " tendency to contentment , sustained itself on God , and " enabled him to persevere to the end in the active and " cheerful discharge of the duties of his station ...
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... minds . Now , in opposition to such persons , I contend , that this neglect of piety argues depravity of heart ; and ... mind opens to observation and reflection , he discerns innumerable marks of his dependent state . He finds himself ...
... minds . Now , in opposition to such persons , I contend , that this neglect of piety argues depravity of heart ; and ... mind opens to observation and reflection , he discerns innumerable marks of his dependent state . He finds himself ...
Page 18
... mind with which it endows them , it sets them up upon a rock , against which the tempest may violently beat , but which it cannot shake . How far the comforts proceeding from religion merit those high titles under which they are here ...
... mind with which it endows them , it sets them up upon a rock , against which the tempest may violently beat , but which it cannot shake . How far the comforts proceeding from religion merit those high titles under which they are here ...
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... mind which enables a wise man to accommodate himself to his situation . Long fed with false hopes , they are exasperated and stung by every disappointment . Luxurious and effeminate , they can bear no uneasiness . Proud and presump ...
... mind which enables a wise man to accommodate himself to his situation . Long fed with false hopes , they are exasperated and stung by every disappointment . Luxurious and effeminate , they can bear no uneasiness . Proud and presump ...
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