Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. |
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... course of conduct , pub- lickly , should be done cautiously and sparingly- Publick men should be on their guard against their friends as well as ene nies - A forward , ob- trusive spirit toward strangers , when travelling , and a ...
... course of conduct , pub- lickly , should be done cautiously and sparingly- Publick men should be on their guard against their friends as well as ene nies - A forward , ob- trusive spirit toward strangers , when travelling , and a ...
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... course of my life , several excel- lent men , whose manners were , in various re- spects , so extremely faulty , and even disgusting , that they were objects of ridicule , and in some instances , almost of scorn , wherever they went ...
... course of my life , several excel- lent men , whose manners were , in various re- spects , so extremely faulty , and even disgusting , that they were objects of ridicule , and in some instances , almost of scorn , wherever they went ...
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... course : who , of course , violate those laws with- out ceremony ; and make no scruple of indulg- ing in what they know to be considered as rough , offensive manners . The miserable vanity of being thought independent , of setting at ...
... course : who , of course , violate those laws with- out ceremony ; and make no scruple of indulg- ing in what they know to be considered as rough , offensive manners . The miserable vanity of being thought independent , of setting at ...
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... course , among the worst - bred people in the world . But my object is to recommend those manners which become the CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN ; which naturally flow from the meekness , gentleness , purity , and benevolence of our holy Religion ...
... course , among the worst - bred people in the world . But my object is to recommend those manners which become the CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN ; which naturally flow from the meekness , gentleness , purity , and benevolence of our holy Religion ...
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... course , that to be an humble and assiduous imi- tator of Christ , is the shortest way for a minis- ter of the Gospel , or any other man , to exhibit the most perfect manners of which our nature is capable . So much for the general ...
... course , that to be an humble and assiduous imi- tator of Christ , is the shortest way for a minis- ter of the Gospel , or any other man , to exhibit the most perfect manners of which our nature is capable . So much for the general ...
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