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Page viii
... youth , were turned towards the Church , and his education received a suitable direction . After the usual grammatical course at school , he entered the Humanity Class in the University of Edinburgh , in October 1730 , and spent eleven ...
... youth , were turned towards the Church , and his education received a suitable direction . After the usual grammatical course at school , he entered the Humanity Class in the University of Edinburgh , in October 1730 , and spent eleven ...
Page xi
... youth . About the time in which he was occupied in laying the foundations of this useful institution , he had an opportunity of conferring another important obligation on the literary world , by the part which he acted in rescuing from ...
... youth . About the time in which he was occupied in laying the foundations of this useful institution , he had an opportunity of conferring another important obligation on the literary world , by the part which he acted in rescuing from ...
Page xviii
... youth- " ful companions , laid the foundations of that splendid re- " putation , which , through a long life of meritorious service , " continued to increase ; and which has procured for him , as 66 a religious instructor , access to ...
... youth- " ful companions , laid the foundations of that splendid re- " putation , which , through a long life of meritorious service , " continued to increase ; and which has procured for him , as 66 a religious instructor , access to ...
Page 43
... youth and health ; ill imitated , and ill supplied , by that forced levity of the vicious , which arises not from the health , but from the drunkenness of the mind . Feeble are all pleasures in which the heart has no part . The selfish ...
... youth and health ; ill imitated , and ill supplied , by that forced levity of the vicious , which arises not from the health , but from the drunkenness of the mind . Feeble are all pleasures in which the heart has no part . The selfish ...
Page 45
... youth its relish was brisk and poignant . It becomes more sober as life advances ; and flattens as life descends . He who lately overflowed with cheerful spirits and high hopes , begins to look back with heaviness on the days of former ...
... youth its relish was brisk and poignant . It becomes more sober as life advances ; and flattens as life descends . He who lately overflowed with cheerful spirits and high hopes , begins to look back with heaviness on the days of former ...
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