The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... 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 , hides us from ourselves ...
... 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 , hides us from ourselves ...
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... ruined race , when exposed to the vengeance and penalty , imposed by the holy law of God , violated by our federal head . It is placed at the head of all the Christian virtues by St. Paul , the ablest divine that ever graced a pulpit or ...
... ruined race , when exposed to the vengeance and penalty , imposed by the holy law of God , violated by our federal head . It is placed at the head of all the Christian virtues by St. Paul , the ablest divine that ever graced a pulpit or ...
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... fled ; dissolution followed - ruin closed the scene . Fashion contributes largely to swell the upper cur- rent , now rolling its towering waves over our land . Care , fatigue , vexation , envy , jealousy , 44 THE PROBE .
... fled ; dissolution followed - ruin closed the scene . Fashion contributes largely to swell the upper cur- rent , now rolling its towering waves over our land . Care , fatigue , vexation , envy , jealousy , 44 THE PROBE .
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... ruin . She is the Ignis Fatuus of fancy ; the farther she is pursued , the deeper the mire in her path . Idleness is an ingredient in the upper current , which was scarcely known , and never countenanced , in the good old linsey woolsey ...
... ruin . She is the Ignis Fatuus of fancy ; the farther she is pursued , the deeper the mire in her path . Idleness is an ingredient in the upper current , which was scarcely known , and never countenanced , in the good old linsey woolsey ...
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... ruin , all so commingled , that a Philadelphia lawyer , aided by constables and sheriffs , can bring but little order out of the confusion . At the outset , especially among merchants , a ruinous tax is imposed by this system , upon the ...
... ruin , all so commingled , that a Philadelphia lawyer , aided by constables and sheriffs , can bring but little order out of the confusion . At the outset , especially among merchants , a ruinous tax is imposed by this system , upon the ...
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