Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. |
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Page 22
... interest of others , which a true christian has as the rule of his life , and the disposition of his heart . " And , truly , we have only need to see an example of that unaffected kindness , affabili- ty , respectfulness , gentleness ...
... interest of others , which a true christian has as the rule of his life , and the disposition of his heart . " And , truly , we have only need to see an example of that unaffected kindness , affabili- ty , respectfulness , gentleness ...
Page 50
... interests of men , when , instead of a manner which invites confidence , and inspires freedom of communication , the ambassador of Christ , by his repulsive mode of address , as it were breaks the bruised reed , " " " quenches the ...
... interests of men , when , instead of a manner which invites confidence , and inspires freedom of communication , the ambassador of Christ , by his repulsive mode of address , as it were breaks the bruised reed , " " " quenches the ...
Page 63
... interest with their kind entertainers to furnish them with spitting- boxes ; or let them endeavour to sit near a win- dow ; or let them rise and withdraw from the apartment as often as it becomes necessary to discharge the contents of ...
... interest with their kind entertainers to furnish them with spitting- boxes ; or let them endeavour to sit near a win- dow ; or let them rise and withdraw from the apartment as often as it becomes necessary to discharge the contents of ...
Page 71
... interest for the present life , I should consider myself as gaining a most de- sirable object . He who drinks nothing but water , has but little temptation to drink at all more frequently than he ought . Yet it is very possible to take ...
... interest for the present life , I should consider myself as gaining a most de- sirable object . He who drinks nothing but water , has but little temptation to drink at all more frequently than he ought . Yet it is very possible to take ...
Page 114
... habitually repeating OLD AND STALE PROVERBS . These , from the circumstance of their having been repeated so many thousand times , have ceased to interest ; and many of them are truly vulgar , so that to be continually 114.
... habitually repeating OLD AND STALE PROVERBS . These , from the circumstance of their having been repeated so many thousand times , have ceased to interest ; and many of them are truly vulgar , so that to be continually 114.
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