Sermons,T. Cadell, and W. Davies ... and W. Creech, Edinburgh., 1807 |
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... story , we look up with wonder . Their exploits are re- corded . Their praises are sung . They stand , as on an eminence , above the rest of man- B 4 kind . SERMON kind . I. Their eminence , nevertheless , may On the true Honour of Man . 7.
... story , we look up with wonder . Their exploits are re- corded . Their praises are sung . They stand , as on an eminence , above the rest of man- B 4 kind . SERMON kind . I. Their eminence , nevertheless , may On the true Honour of Man . 7.
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... rests on the judgement of the thinking . Fame may give praise while it withholds esteem : True honour implies esteem mingled with respect . The one regards particular distin- guished talents ; the other looks up to the whole character ...
... rests on the judgement of the thinking . Fame may give praise while it withholds esteem : True honour implies esteem mingled with respect . The one regards particular distin- guished talents ; the other looks up to the whole character ...
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... rest on any of those external distinctions which vanity has con- trived to introduce . These can procure him no more than the semblance of re- spect . Let him not be flattered by the applause which some occasional display of abilities ...
... rest on any of those external distinctions which vanity has con- trived to introduce . These can procure him no more than the semblance of re- spect . Let him not be flattered by the applause which some occasional display of abilities ...
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... rest- ing the whole merit of your character on sensibility alone . It is indeed a happy constitution of mind . It fits men for the proper discharge of many duties , and gives them access to many virtuous pleasures . It is requisite for ...
... rest- ing the whole merit of your character on sensibility alone . It is indeed a happy constitution of mind . It fits men for the proper discharge of many duties , and gives them access to many virtuous pleasures . It is requisite for ...
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... rest as- sured , that what hath been shall again be , When time shall once have laid his lenient hand on the passions and pursuits of the present moment , they too shall lose that imaginary value which heated fancy now bestows upon them ...
... rest as- sured , that what hath been shall again be , When time shall once have laid his lenient hand on the passions and pursuits of the present moment , they too shall lose that imaginary value which heated fancy now bestows upon them ...
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Page 219 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many.
Page 87 - There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
Page 383 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 126 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 2 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 220 - I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; Because thou didst it Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Page 232 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 42 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 245 - his own bitterness ; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Page 236 - Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty"?