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Page 26
... depraved in better fitting them for adroit perpetrations , remains to be seen . There is at this time a very great number of educated and artful knaves in the United States , who hold positions and places of influence and power , and ...
... depraved in better fitting them for adroit perpetrations , remains to be seen . There is at this time a very great number of educated and artful knaves in the United States , who hold positions and places of influence and power , and ...
Page 74
... depraved indulgence . No man of stern integrity and pure honor will ever engage in mere speculations , depending upon uncertain and perilous contingencies , without capital . No prudent or discreet man will do so , even with sufficient ...
... depraved indulgence . No man of stern integrity and pure honor will ever engage in mere speculations , depending upon uncertain and perilous contingencies , without capital . No prudent or discreet man will do so , even with sufficient ...
Page 83
... depraved to perform these duties in good faith , always have art enough to screen themselves by appealing to the morbid sympathies of the bad , with the pretext that it is uncharitable and bad manners to be ungenerous or severe towards ...
... depraved to perform these duties in good faith , always have art enough to screen themselves by appealing to the morbid sympathies of the bad , with the pretext that it is uncharitable and bad manners to be ungenerous or severe towards ...
Page 173
... depraved propensities , which , being whet up by secret indulgence , gene- rally give way without remorse as long as the opportunities and power for perpetration last . There can be no real happiness between married persons where there ...
... depraved propensities , which , being whet up by secret indulgence , gene- rally give way without remorse as long as the opportunities and power for perpetration last . There can be no real happiness between married persons where there ...
Page 178
... depraved propensities . By the term respectable are meant honesty , industry , integ- rity , and all the domestic virtues , without regard to wealth , poverty , occupation , or the refinements of education and fashion- able society ...
... depraved propensities . By the term respectable are meant honesty , industry , integ- rity , and all the domestic virtues , without regard to wealth , poverty , occupation , or the refinements of education and fashion- able society ...
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