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Page iv
... reflected 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 ...
... reflected 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 ...
Page vi
... reflections ; and partly , from the coincidence of some general topics and allusions which recur frequently in serious discourses of the practical kind . Where any instances of this nature presented themselves to my memory , I found ...
... reflections ; and partly , from the coincidence of some general topics and allusions which recur frequently in serious discourses of the practical kind . Where any instances of this nature presented themselves to my memory , I found ...
Page xvii
... reflected distin- guished 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 ...
... reflected distin- guished 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 ...
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... reflection , he discerns innumerable marks of his dependent state . He finds himself placed by some superior power , in a vast world , where the wisdom and goodness of the Creator are conspicuous on every side . The magnificence , the ...
... reflection , he discerns innumerable marks of his dependent state . He finds himself placed by some superior power , in a vast world , where the wisdom and goodness of the Creator are conspicuous on every side . The magnificence , the ...
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... reflection , he shall be made to feel that one part of duty performed , atones not for another which is neglected . In the midst of his prayers , the remembrance of injustice will upbraid him with hypocrisy ; and in the distri- bution ...
... reflection , he shall be made to feel that one part of duty performed , atones not for another which is neglected . In the midst of his prayers , the remembrance of injustice will upbraid him with hypocrisy ; and in the distri- bution ...
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