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to meet and match on earth ; but often got separated on their way down , and got
mis - matched , and of course were rendered miserable . I believe , with the poet ,
that if a woman can succeed in locking a man in her love , and keep the key ...
to meet and match on earth ; but often got separated on their way down , and got
mis - matched , and of course were rendered miserable . I believe , with the poet ,
that if a woman can succeed in locking a man in her love , and keep the key ...
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Some practise affectation to appear large , and render themselves ridiculous .
Some base their faith and opinions on some leading star , or the multitude , not
on their own judgment and reflection . Some create suspicions of dishonesty , by
too ...
Some practise affectation to appear large , and render themselves ridiculous .
Some base their faith and opinions on some leading star , or the multitude , not
on their own judgment and reflection . Some create suspicions of dishonesty , by
too ...
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Such a motley crew cannot render passengers comfortable in passing over the
railroad of life . And then the fare — how expensive , and the food - how bitter .
Accumulating trouble , increasing vexation , wasting envy , tormenting jealousy ,
lost ...
Such a motley crew cannot render passengers comfortable in passing over the
railroad of life . And then the fare — how expensive , and the food - how bitter .
Accumulating trouble , increasing vexation , wasting envy , tormenting jealousy ,
lost ...
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... affection , and the shining intellect of their children ; often tire their friends by
saying too much . Those who are ever relating fish stories , bold exploits of their
own , hair - breadth escapes , exulting in their own powers ; sometimes render ...
... affection , and the shining intellect of their children ; often tire their friends by
saying too much . Those who are ever relating fish stories , bold exploits of their
own , hair - breadth escapes , exulting in their own powers ; sometimes render ...
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He has affected to render the military independent of , and superior to , the civil
power . He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our
constitution , and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of
...
He has affected to render the military independent of , and superior to , the civil
power . He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our
constitution , and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of
...
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | The author, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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