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Page 47
... excitement , whose intellectual capacities were too weak to re- ceive or retain the rudiments of human knowledge ; and that education , with all its best appointments , does not change the heart , much less its natural propensities ...
... excitement , whose intellectual capacities were too weak to re- ceive or retain the rudiments of human knowledge ; and that education , with all its best appointments , does not change the heart , much less its natural propensities ...
Page 120
... excitement . In vanity fair , in the whirlwind of routes , fashionable riots , and promiscuous gatherings , matches are apt to be formed under the influences of burning passions , or dazzling deceptions , and followed by inevitable ...
... excitement . In vanity fair , in the whirlwind of routes , fashionable riots , and promiscuous gatherings , matches are apt to be formed under the influences of burning passions , or dazzling deceptions , and followed by inevitable ...
Page 153
... excitement , glowing fancy , ardent enthusiasm , intense study ,. resolute and untiring labor through life , together with a keen and constant watch upon the practical character and graphic ef- fects excited by the mental and physical ...
... excitement , glowing fancy , ardent enthusiasm , intense study ,. resolute and untiring labor through life , together with a keen and constant watch upon the practical character and graphic ef- fects excited by the mental and physical ...
Page 169
... the objects that respectively caught their thoughts through different mediums . These are the varieties of taste as to the ordinary affairs of life in which there is no excitement beyond that of 15 MAN AND WOMAN . 169.
... the objects that respectively caught their thoughts through different mediums . These are the varieties of taste as to the ordinary affairs of life in which there is no excitement beyond that of 15 MAN AND WOMAN . 169.
Page 170
Francis E. Brewster. life in which there is no excitement beyond that of familiar business . But where the keen appetites and bad passions are concerned , is it wonderful that one should look with complacency and de- light upon that ...
Francis E. Brewster. life in which there is no excitement beyond that of familiar business . But where the keen appetites and bad passions are concerned , is it wonderful that one should look with complacency and de- light upon that ...
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