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... meet a man with an open , bold , noble , and generous heart ; full of the milk of human kindness , natural af- fection , beaming in his face and exhibited in his actions . We are pained to meet one , with his heart overflowing with ...
... meet a man with an open , bold , noble , and generous heart ; full of the milk of human kindness , natural af- fection , beaming in his face and exhibited in his actions . We are pained to meet one , with his heart overflowing with ...
Page 105
... meet the views of all , would place the writer in the same dilemma with the man who set out to please every body , and suc- ceeded in gaining his own displeasure , and that of every one he met ; or he would fare like the man , who alter ...
... meet the views of all , would place the writer in the same dilemma with the man who set out to please every body , and suc- ceeded in gaining his own displeasure , and that of every one he met ; or he would fare like the man , who alter ...
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... meet the draughts of honor . Brutus mis- took it for virtue , and adored it , but when the storm came , found it to be a deceptive shadow . Let us cease , then , to depend on sublunary fame and honor for happiness , but seek the ...
... meet the draughts of honor . Brutus mis- took it for virtue , and adored it , but when the storm came , found it to be a deceptive shadow . Let us cease , then , to depend on sublunary fame and honor for happiness , but seek the ...
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... meet our view ; and of men , as they are ever moving before us ; we obtain a treasure of know- ledge , not found in the schools , so called , nor always clearly learned from books . That knowledge is of most importance , that leads us ...
... meet our view ; and of men , as they are ever moving before us ; we obtain a treasure of know- ledge , not found in the schools , so called , nor always clearly learned from books . That knowledge is of most importance , that leads us ...
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... , were probably among the few happy pairs , contemplated by the Indian Philosopher , who believed souls were made in heaven , to meet and match on earth ; but often got 19 N MATRIMONY . 145 MATRIMONY, promotes social order.
... , were probably among the few happy pairs , contemplated by the Indian Philosopher , who believed souls were made in heaven , to meet and match on earth ; but often got 19 N MATRIMONY . 145 MATRIMONY, promotes social order.
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