The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... house in a mass of ruin , the work of an angry moment . I have seen anger make wives unhappy , alienate husbands , spoil children , derange all harmony , and disturb the quiet of a whole neighbourhood . Anger , like too much wine ...
... house in a mass of ruin , the work of an angry moment . I have seen anger make wives unhappy , alienate husbands , spoil children , derange all harmony , and disturb the quiet of a whole neighbourhood . Anger , like too much wine ...
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... house on fire ; a fit of passion may cause you to mourn long and bitterly . Govern your passions , or they will govern you . Conquer your enemies by kindness , pre- serve your friends by prudence , deserve the esteem of all by goodness ...
... house on fire ; a fit of passion may cause you to mourn long and bitterly . Govern your passions , or they will govern you . Conquer your enemies by kindness , pre- serve your friends by prudence , deserve the esteem of all by goodness ...
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... house of character . Living , he is a travelling pest - house - dying , impeni- tent , his soul is too deeply stained for hell , and should be driven to that imaginary , elementless blank , beyond the confines of all worlds , shrouded ...
... house of character . Living , he is a travelling pest - house - dying , impeni- tent , his soul is too deeply stained for hell , and should be driven to that imaginary , elementless blank , beyond the confines of all worlds , shrouded ...
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... house , the plough , the distaff , and the kitchen ; fall into disrepute , and are submerged by the upper current of fashionable accomplishments , vain show , pomp , and parade ; the sun of our country's glory will set in gloom . When ...
... house , the plough , the distaff , and the kitchen ; fall into disrepute , and are submerged by the upper current of fashionable accomplishments , vain show , pomp , and parade ; the sun of our country's glory will set in gloom . When ...
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... house of his professed friends . In short , vice and immorality , in all their deceptive forms , are combined to swell the upper current , and would gladly sink the under current of wisdom and virtue , below the reach of mind ; and waft ...
... house of his professed friends . In short , vice and immorality , in all their deceptive forms , are combined to swell the upper current , and would gladly sink the under current of wisdom and virtue , below the reach of mind ; and waft ...
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