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" You see, that those who are born with the same advantages of fortune, are not all equally prosperous in the course of life. While some of them, by wise and steady conduct, attain distinction in the world, and pass their days with comfort and honour ;... "
Sermons - Page 173
by Hugh Blair - 1784
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...equallyprofperous in the courfe of life. While fome of them, by wife and fteady conduâ, attain difimction in the world, and pafs their days with comfort and...vicious behaviour, forfeit the advantages of their birth,involve themfelves in much mifery, and end in being fcf a difgrace to their friends, and a burden...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 2

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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...the courfe of life. While fome of them, by wife and fteady conduct, attain diltincTion in the work!, and pafs their days with comfort and honour ; others,...involve themfelves in much mifery ; and end in being a djfgrace to their friends, and a burden on fociety. Karly, then, may you learn, that it is not on the...
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Elegant extracts, Volume 55

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...conduct, attain distinction in the world, and pass their days with comfort and honour ; others of the same rank, by mean and vicious behaviour, forfeit the advantages of their birth, involve themselves in much misery, and end in Wing a disgrace to their friends, and a burden on society. Early,...
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