Sermons, Volume 5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - Presbyterian Church |
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... friends , be assured that some trial awaits you . For human life never stands still for any long time . It is by no means a fixed and steady object , like the mountain or the rock which you always find in the same situation ; it is a ...
... friends , be assured that some trial awaits you . For human life never stands still for any long time . It is by no means a fixed and steady object , like the mountain or the rock which you always find in the same situation ; it is a ...
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... friendship and domestic life , there is still more reason for due moderation in our expectations and hopes . For the nearer that men approach to each other , the more numerous the points of contact are in which they touch , the greater ...
... friendship and domestic life , there is still more reason for due moderation in our expectations and hopes . For the nearer that men approach to each other , the more numerous the points of contact are in which they touch , the greater ...
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... friend or a partner of your life , in whose temper there is not to be found the least inequality , who upon no occasion is to be hurt or offended by any frailties you dis- cover , whose feelings are to harmonize in every trifle with ...
... friend or a partner of your life , in whose temper there is not to be found the least inequality , who upon no occasion is to be hurt or offended by any frailties you dis- cover , whose feelings are to harmonize in every trifle with ...
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... friends , that the inequality of real happiness is not to be measured by the inequality of outward estate . When you see the peasant cheerful in his cottage , and the labourer singing in the fields , you may discern that there is some ...
... friends , that the inequality of real happiness is not to be measured by the inequality of outward estate . When you see the peasant cheerful in his cottage , and the labourer singing in the fields , you may discern that there is some ...
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Hugh Blair. SERMON and benevolence conciliate love and create 1 . ยท warm friendship . - The best character may indeed for ... friends and well - wishers , to have few enemies . The more he is known , the more will the favour of those who ...
Hugh Blair. SERMON and benevolence conciliate love and create 1 . ยท warm friendship . - The best character may indeed for ... friends and well - wishers , to have few enemies . The more he is known , the more will the favour of those who ...
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