Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. |
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Page 13
... doubt as to this point , much as I respect your other endow- ments , and favourably as I augur of your capa- city for the work of publick instruction , I could B not in conscience encourage you to take an- other step.
... doubt as to this point , much as I respect your other endow- ments , and favourably as I augur of your capa- city for the work of publick instruction , I could B not in conscience encourage you to take an- other step.
Page 14
... doubt not you would apply yourself with immediate and exemplary diligence to re- medy the evil . Nay perhaps you may be un- willing to believe that the fact is so , even when assured of it . But let not self - flattery blind you to the ...
... doubt not you would apply yourself with immediate and exemplary diligence to re- medy the evil . Nay perhaps you may be un- willing to believe that the fact is so , even when assured of it . But let not self - flattery blind you to the ...
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... doubt is , that they have always passed along through society either with so much levity and inattention , or with so much hebetude of feel- ing , as to this particular point , that they have observed nothing , and , of course , learned ...
... doubt is , that they have always passed along through society either with so much levity and inattention , or with so much hebetude of feel- ing , as to this particular point , that they have observed nothing , and , of course , learned ...
Page 47
... , and darkness , and doubts , and trials . Receive their civilities with thanks . Accept of their homeliest fare with cordiality . And study to convince them , by every proper G method , that you heartily wish them well , and 47.
... , and darkness , and doubts , and trials . Receive their civilities with thanks . Accept of their homeliest fare with cordiality . And study to convince them , by every proper G method , that you heartily wish them well , and 47.
Page 48
... it one of the highest compliments she could pay him . She had , no doubt , been accustomed to associate , in her own mind , that title with manners of the supercili- ous and revolting kind . An association to which , 48.
... it one of the highest compliments she could pay him . She had , no doubt , been accustomed to associate , in her own mind , that title with manners of the supercili- ous and revolting kind . An association to which , 48.
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