Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. |
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... impression on the popular mind . And , therefore , whenever they hear of precepts and advices to candidates for the min- istry , in relation to this subject , they regard them as making a part of an attempt to initiate them into the ...
... impression on the popular mind . And , therefore , whenever they hear of precepts and advices to candidates for the min- istry , in relation to this subject , they regard them as making a part of an attempt to initiate them into the ...
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... impression of a clergy- man , some time since deceased , on observing that he employed a considerable portion of pre- cious time , and expended no small share of in- genuity , in recovering from a particular friend five cents , when he ...
... impression of a clergy- man , some time since deceased , on observing that he employed a considerable portion of pre- cious time , and expended no small share of in- genuity , in recovering from a particular friend five cents , when he ...
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... impression , in other respects , on the senses of those with whom we converse ; and a third class , because they indicate the ab- sence of that respect and attention to those around us , which every man of correct deport- ment is ...
... impression , in other respects , on the senses of those with whom we converse ; and a third class , because they indicate the ab- sence of that respect and attention to those around us , which every man of correct deport- ment is ...
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... impression that they , of all men , may be most safely trusted . In ev- ery such case , preserve the most inviolable se- eresy . But there are many other cases , in which , though no formal injunction of secresy is expressed , still it ...
... impression that they , of all men , may be most safely trusted . In ev- ery such case , preserve the most inviolable se- eresy . But there are many other cases , in which , though no formal injunction of secresy is expressed , still it ...
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... - like manner , which very seldom makes a favourable impression among discerning people . Guard , then , against " excessive talkativeness , " even here . Let what you say on this subject be a real " conversation . " Let one object 135.
... - like manner , which very seldom makes a favourable impression among discerning people . Guard , then , against " excessive talkativeness , " even here . Let what you say on this subject be a real " conversation . " Let one object 135.
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