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... rich ; the wise keep out of the law labyrinth . Help yourself and heaven will help you ; every man is the architect of his own fortune . AVARICE . O cursed lust of gold , when for thy sake , The fool throws up his interest in both ...
... rich ; the wise keep out of the law labyrinth . Help yourself and heaven will help you ; every man is the architect of his own fortune . AVARICE . O cursed lust of gold , when for thy sake , The fool throws up his interest in both ...
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... rich recompense to the donor - purity of motive heightens and refines the joys of each . Angels smile on such benevolence . It is the attribute of Deity , the moving cause of every bless- ing we enjoy . BREVITY . BREVITY has been called ...
... rich recompense to the donor - purity of motive heightens and refines the joys of each . Angels smile on such benevolence . It is the attribute of Deity , the moving cause of every bless- ing we enjoy . BREVITY . BREVITY has been called ...
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... rich and poor , the matron and maid , the living and the dead ; but , cursed propensity , delights most in destroying worth , and immolating innocence . Lacon has justly remarked , " Calumny crosses oceans , scales mountains , and ...
... rich and poor , the matron and maid , the living and the dead ; but , cursed propensity , delights most in destroying worth , and immolating innocence . Lacon has justly remarked , " Calumny crosses oceans , scales mountains , and ...
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... rich man left his riches , for that place of tor- ment , where the worm dieth not , and the fire is not quenched . " We want but little here below , Nor want that little long . " CURRENTS . IN the Baltic sea , there is an upper and ...
... rich man left his riches , for that place of tor- ment , where the worm dieth not , and the fire is not quenched . " We want but little here below , Nor want that little long . " CURRENTS . IN the Baltic sea , there is an upper and ...
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... rich odors , distilled from the dew of heaven . The one is the finely finished statue of a Cicero or Demosthenes , more perfect in its lineaments than the original ; pleasing the eye and enrapturing the imagination ; the other is the ...
... rich odors , distilled from the dew of heaven . The one is the finely finished statue of a Cicero or Demosthenes , more perfect in its lineaments than the original ; pleasing the eye and enrapturing the imagination ; the other is the ...
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