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Page xiv
... never would consent to become Mode- rator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . But his influence among his brethren was extensive : his opinion , guided by that sound uprightness of judgment which formed the predominant ...
... never would consent to become Mode- rator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . But his influence among his brethren was extensive : his opinion , guided by that sound uprightness of judgment which formed the predominant ...
Page xviii
... never was a public " teacher in whom all these requisites were combined in juster CC proportions , placed under the direction of a more exquisite " sense of propriety , and employed with more uniform suc- ❝cess to convey useful and ...
... never was a public " teacher in whom all these requisites were combined in juster CC proportions , placed under the direction of a more exquisite " sense of propriety , and employed with more uniform suc- ❝cess to convey useful and ...
Page xix
... never was a man who experienced more com- " pletely that the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness , and " that all her paths are peace . His Country was proud of ❝his merits , and at different times conferred on him , through " the ...
... never was a man who experienced more com- " pletely that the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness , and " that all her paths are peace . His Country was proud of ❝his merits , and at different times conferred on him , through " the ...
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... never been heard by thee ? Or , if it has been heard , by what strange and false refinements hast thou stifled those natural senti- ments which it tends to awaken ? Calling thyself a son , a citizen , a friend ; claiming to be faithful ...
... never been heard by thee ? Or , if it has been heard , by what strange and false refinements hast thou stifled those natural senti- ments which it tends to awaken ? Calling thyself a son , a citizen , a friend ; claiming to be faithful ...
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... never been in their power to withdraw totally beyond the reach of that warning voice , which tells them that something is necessary to be done , in order to make their peace with the Ruler of the world . But , backward at the same time ...
... never been in their power to withdraw totally beyond the reach of that warning voice , which tells them that something is necessary to be done , in order to make their peace with the Ruler of the world . But , backward at the same time ...
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