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... hold positions and places of influence and power , and are employed in , and pre- pared for schemes and plots involving the most pernicious and dangerous consequences to the private pursuits and public wel- fare of the people ...
... hold positions and places of influence and power , and are employed in , and pre- pared for schemes and plots involving the most pernicious and dangerous consequences to the private pursuits and public wel- fare of the people ...
Page 66
... hold a consistent position , have appropriate caste , and be distinguished for hospitality and be- nevolence , while the conventional manners of others , according to their prejudices of education , might appear to be frigid and ...
... hold a consistent position , have appropriate caste , and be distinguished for hospitality and be- nevolence , while the conventional manners of others , according to their prejudices of education , might appear to be frigid and ...
Page 69
... hold any inter- course with those of bad habits , or with one who is profane , coarse or filthy , but if free from these objections , it is absurd and selfish to hold ourselves above them . A neglect of these wholesome regulations with ...
... hold any inter- course with those of bad habits , or with one who is profane , coarse or filthy , but if free from these objections , it is absurd and selfish to hold ourselves above them . A neglect of these wholesome regulations with ...
Page 75
... hold on to for an unexpected rise in the market , or to push off on credit to uncertain , doubtful , and dis- tant purchasers , whose means and integrity he does not and cannot know to be good , he lends his integrity to his cupidity ...
... hold on to for an unexpected rise in the market , or to push off on credit to uncertain , doubtful , and dis- tant purchasers , whose means and integrity he does not and cannot know to be good , he lends his integrity to his cupidity ...
Page 77
... hold it in- exorably against all the world , and especially against the iden- tical subject of his fraud . Crime is stimulated by indulgence . So soon as this license for private plunder was understood , and its fruits obtained and ...
... hold it in- exorably against all the world , and especially against the iden- tical subject of his fraud . Crime is stimulated by indulgence . So soon as this license for private plunder was understood , and its fruits obtained and ...
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