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... truth . By slow but sure advances , education has extended itself through all ranks of female society . There is no longer any dread lest the culture of science should foster that masculine boldness or restless indepen- dence , YOUNG ...
... truth . By slow but sure advances , education has extended itself through all ranks of female society . There is no longer any dread lest the culture of science should foster that masculine boldness or restless indepen- dence , YOUNG ...
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... truths of revelation , and labor that we may impress distinctly and deeply upon our minds the moral lessons , which that evidence is calculated to enforce . The mournful , but gentle voice of Autumn , invites us forth , that we may see ...
... truths of revelation , and labor that we may impress distinctly and deeply upon our minds the moral lessons , which that evidence is calculated to enforce . The mournful , but gentle voice of Autumn , invites us forth , that we may see ...
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... truth , that the fashion of this world passeth away . More melancholy still are the witnesses that meet you as you enter your father's house . She , on whose bosom you hung in your infancy , and whom you had hoped once more to embrace ...
... truth , that the fashion of this world passeth away . More melancholy still are the witnesses that meet you as you enter your father's house . She , on whose bosom you hung in your infancy , and whom you had hoped once more to embrace ...
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... truth of it is , I was surprised to see the greatest part of the mountain made up of bodily deformities . Observing one advancing towards the heap , with a larger cargo than ordinary upon his back , I found , upon his near approach ...
... truth of it is , I was surprised to see the greatest part of the mountain made up of bodily deformities . Observing one advancing towards the heap , with a larger cargo than ordinary upon his back , I found , upon his near approach ...
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... truth survives alone : - That joy and grief , and hope and fear , Alternate , triumphed in his breast ; His bliss and wo , —a smile , a tear : — Oblivion hides the rest . The bounding pulse , the languid limb , The changing spirits ...
... truth survives alone : - That joy and grief , and hope and fear , Alternate , triumphed in his breast ; His bliss and wo , —a smile , a tear : — Oblivion hides the rest . The bounding pulse , the languid limb , The changing spirits ...
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