Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 - Ethics |
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Page 63
... feldom be at a lofs about the path he is to pursue , will always have at hand an answer to temptation , and will be generally forti- fied against thofe difcouragements which might otherwife overwhelm him . A youth , entering the world ...
... feldom be at a lofs about the path he is to pursue , will always have at hand an answer to temptation , and will be generally forti- fied against thofe difcouragements which might otherwife overwhelm him . A youth , entering the world ...
Page 77
... feldom fulfil the promise they gave . Suppofe then a young man to meet with treachery where he reckoned on fincere attachment , with contempt where he looked for generous esteem , with calumny inftead of merited approbation , with pain ...
... feldom fulfil the promise they gave . Suppofe then a young man to meet with treachery where he reckoned on fincere attachment , with contempt where he looked for generous esteem , with calumny inftead of merited approbation , with pain ...
Page 89
... admira- tion , and raises the figh of envy : but even in such a state it is not feldom an object of contempt , when compared with the intrinfic dignity of an exalted fame That the best and greatest men have in all ages ADDRESS IV . 89.
... admira- tion , and raises the figh of envy : but even in such a state it is not feldom an object of contempt , when compared with the intrinfic dignity of an exalted fame That the best and greatest men have in all ages ADDRESS IV . 89.
Page 102
... added to the beauty of vir- tue , will feldom fail to render you parti- cularly engaging in every fenfible eye . An elevated reputation can only belong to elevated endowments , difplayed before many spectators : but the 102 ADDRESS IV .
... added to the beauty of vir- tue , will feldom fail to render you parti- cularly engaging in every fenfible eye . An elevated reputation can only belong to elevated endowments , difplayed before many spectators : but the 102 ADDRESS IV .
Page 104
... feldom difpofed to declare their hoftility openly , but often willing to affume the appearance of re- fpect , and even to wear her livery whilst they are actually ferving her ignoble antagonist . Add to this , that whatever pains they ...
... feldom difpofed to declare their hoftility openly , but often willing to affume the appearance of re- fpect , and even to wear her livery whilst they are actually ferving her ignoble antagonist . Add to this , that whatever pains they ...
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