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Page 55
... once a month . There are many other degrees on this sliding scale , that the reader is left to figure out . Do you ask , what is DISCRETION ? I will first answer negatively . It is not that grasping propensity , that imposes increasing ...
... once a month . There are many other degrees on this sliding scale , that the reader is left to figure out . Do you ask , what is DISCRETION ? I will first answer negatively . It is not that grasping propensity , that imposes increasing ...
Page 65
... once ; a war of extermination ; no truce , no treaty , no compromise . Like the pirate on the high seas , it is an outlaw , an enemy to all man- kind , and should be hung up at the yard arm , until it is dead , DEAD , DEAD . EXAMINATION ...
... once ; a war of extermination ; no truce , no treaty , no compromise . Like the pirate on the high seas , it is an outlaw , an enemy to all man- kind , and should be hung up at the yard arm , until it is dead , DEAD , DEAD . EXAMINATION ...
Page 72
... once wedded fast To some fond falsehood , hugs it to the last . - Moore . THE great misfortune of fanatics has been , in all ages of the world , to embrace falsehood rather than truth ; sophistry rather than sound logic ; some new ...
... once wedded fast To some fond falsehood , hugs it to the last . - Moore . THE great misfortune of fanatics has been , in all ages of the world , to embrace falsehood rather than truth ; sophistry rather than sound logic ; some new ...
Page 75
... once . The least murmuring or halting on the part of a recusant , is punished with instant excommu- nication , and the ridicule of the fashionable community . If she requires oblations from the four quarters of the globe , they must be ...
... once . The least murmuring or halting on the part of a recusant , is punished with instant excommu- nication , and the ridicule of the fashionable community . If she requires oblations from the four quarters of the globe , they must be ...
Page 90
... once in the fatal snare , the victim of gam- blers is seldom saved . He combines the deafness of the adder with the desperation of a maniac , and rushes on , regardless of danger - reckless of consequences . To the fashionable of our ...
... once in the fatal snare , the victim of gam- blers is seldom saved . He combines the deafness of the adder with the desperation of a maniac , and rushes on , regardless of danger - reckless of consequences . To the fashionable of our ...
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