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Page 63
... less , or speak less , or look more grave , all is lost in the opinion of the world . " Washington fre- quently observed , towards the close of life , that he would not repass it , were it in his power to do so . The happiness of a ...
... less , or speak less , or look more grave , all is lost in the opinion of the world . " Washington fre- quently observed , towards the close of life , that he would not repass it , were it in his power to do so . The happiness of a ...
Page 73
... less than thirty millions - a sad commentary upon human nature , a solemn warning against blind zeal and in- fatuating fanaticism . Fanatics are inexorable to all entreaties for mercy ; all who are not with them , they treat as enemies ...
... less than thirty millions - a sad commentary upon human nature , a solemn warning against blind zeal and in- fatuating fanaticism . Fanatics are inexorable to all entreaties for mercy ; all who are not with them , they treat as enemies ...
Page 77
... less from all classes , pay tythes , at least , into the treasury of this transatlantic , Americanized , aristocratic , brazen - faced goddess ; who is constantly importing the trappings and extravagances of European courts , to smother ...
... less from all classes , pay tythes , at least , into the treasury of this transatlantic , Americanized , aristocratic , brazen - faced goddess ; who is constantly importing the trappings and extravagances of European courts , to smother ...
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... less and less- Roll in this vortex and its power confess . - Pope . EVERY device that suddenly changes money or pro- perty from one person to another without a quid pro quo , or leaving an equivalent , produces individual em ...
... less and less- Roll in this vortex and its power confess . - Pope . EVERY device that suddenly changes money or pro- perty from one person to another without a quid pro quo , or leaving an equivalent , produces individual em ...
Page 91
... less chance to regain it , than when at the detested faro bank . It is here that the poor man spends his last dollar - it is here that the rich often become poor , for a man has ten chances to be killed by lightning , where he has one ...
... less chance to regain it , than when at the detested faro bank . It is here that the poor man spends his last dollar - it is here that the rich often become poor , for a man has ten chances to be killed by lightning , where he has one ...
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