Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. |
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... serious 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.
... serious 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.
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... serious discus- sion , they consider it as beneath their attention . Prejudices arising from such a source are , surely , unworthy of respect . As well might He we allow the judgment of the profoundly il- literate 16.
... serious discus- sion , they consider it as beneath their attention . Prejudices arising from such a source are , surely , unworthy of respect . As well might He we allow the judgment of the profoundly il- literate 16.
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... serious regard , because perverted and corrupt views of it have been sometimes taken . No man in his senses considers the use of our daily food as improper or unnecessary , because the votaries of sensual indulgence , have ransacked all ...
... serious regard , because perverted and corrupt views of it have been sometimes taken . No man in his senses considers the use of our daily food as improper or unnecessary , because the votaries of sensual indulgence , have ransacked all ...
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... serious , and set on high things . An air and manner opposed to levity ; opposed to that propensity to jesting , which is so often manifested by some who bear the sacred office ; opposed to what is grovelling ; opposed in short , to ...
... serious , and set on high things . An air and manner opposed to levity ; opposed to that propensity to jesting , which is so often manifested by some who bear the sacred office ; opposed to what is grovelling ; opposed in short , to ...
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... serious friend of cle- rical character . I will only add , that another characteristick and advantage of dignity in manners , is , that , when properly exercised , it tends to repress the risings , and repel the approaches of imperti ...
... serious friend of cle- rical character . I will only add , that another characteristick and advantage of dignity in manners , is , that , when properly exercised , it tends to repress the risings , and repel the approaches of imperti ...
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