Addresses to Young Men, Zväzok 2T. Cadell, 1777 |
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Strana 21
James Fordyce . tion , from the dear remembrance of those peaceful and improving years which they had spent in that beft of focieties , as al- ways inspired them with a scorn of worth- lefs and of low companions , of guilty connexions ...
James Fordyce . tion , from the dear remembrance of those peaceful and improving years which they had spent in that beft of focieties , as al- ways inspired them with a scorn of worth- lefs and of low companions , of guilty connexions ...
Strana 31
... improvement , or whofe obnoxious fituation might involve you in difficulties that would impede your fuccefs and your usefulness . If you have chosen your Friends well , and should at any future period find your liberality particularly ...
... improvement , or whofe obnoxious fituation might involve you in difficulties that would impede your fuccefs and your usefulness . If you have chosen your Friends well , and should at any future period find your liberality particularly ...
Strana 49
... improvement of fuch amongst you , the present Address will turn upon a comparison between the folidity , beauty , and sweetness of Friend- fhip as fubfifting , where indeed it only can fubfift in its genuine excellence , among perfons ...
... improvement of fuch amongst you , the present Address will turn upon a comparison between the folidity , beauty , and sweetness of Friend- fhip as fubfifting , where indeed it only can fubfift in its genuine excellence , among perfons ...
Strana 52
... agreed that fimilarity of character is among the ftrongest incentives to mutual affection ? True : but a farther enquiry will arife , Whether the affection in this cafe can • • ever be improved into the nobleness , the 52 ADDRESS XI .
... agreed that fimilarity of character is among the ftrongest incentives to mutual affection ? True : but a farther enquiry will arife , Whether the affection in this cafe can • • ever be improved into the nobleness , the 52 ADDRESS XI .
Strana 53
James Fordyce. • • ever be improved into the nobleness , the deliciousness , the permanency of Friend- ship ? I say , No. For in the first place , it depends on a correfpondence of such difpofitions , and fuch proceedings , as nei- ther ...
James Fordyce. • • ever be improved into the nobleness , the deliciousness , the permanency of Friend- ship ? I say , No. For in the first place , it depends on a correfpondence of such difpofitions , and fuch proceedings , as nei- ther ...
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affection againſt almoſt amongſt aſk becauſe beft beſt cafe cauſe character chriftian circumftances confcience confequence confidence confiderations converfation deferve defire effeminacy eſpecially eſteem faid fame faſhion feemed feldom felves fenfible fentiment fhall fhould fince fincere firſt fituation fober fociety fome fometimes fons foul Friend Friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure greateſt happineſs heart higheſt himſelf honour Humility inſpired inſtead intereft juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs manly mind moft moſt muft muſt nature nefs never obferved occafion paffions perfons piety pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible praiſe preſent Pride principles purpoſe queſtion racter reaſon reflect reft religion reſpect ſay ſcenes ſee ſeem ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch temper thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſeful utmoſt vanity vice virtue virtuous whilft whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh young yourſelves youth
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Strana 73 - And the multitude of *' them that believed were of one heart and of *' one foul ; neither faid any of them that aught " of the things which he pofTeffed was his " own; but they had all things in common.
Strana 210 - He that is flow to anger, is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his fpirit, than he that taketh a city.
Strana 290 - Modefty has a natural tendency to conceal a man's talents, as Impudence difplays them to the utmoft, and has been the only caufe why many. have rifen in the world, under all the difadvantages of low birth and little merit. Such indolence and incapacity is there in the generality of mankind, that they are apt to receive a man for whatever he has a mind to put himfelf off for, and admit his overbearing airs as proofs of that merit which he aflumes to himfelf.
Strana 38 - For they fleep not .except they have .done mifchief ; and their fleep is taken away unlefs they caufe fome to fall ; for they eat the bread of wickednefs, aad drink.
Strana 216 - It should mingle with our daily life as "a spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Strana 289 - But I have ufed none of thefe things : neither have I written thefe things that it fhould be fo done unto me : for it were better for me to die, than that any man fhould make my glorying void.