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Page 76
... whole nation became hump backed - emphatically a crooked generation— from the peasant to the king , all were humped . When looking at the frivolity of fashion , I often think of the boy , who traced the fashions from the country to ...
... whole nation became hump backed - emphatically a crooked generation— from the peasant to the king , all were humped . When looking at the frivolity of fashion , I often think of the boy , who traced the fashions from the country to ...
Page 77
... whole of the city of London was destroyed by fire . On the 10th of July , 1212 , the London bridge was burnt , 1 and two thousand persons perished . On the 2d of G2 FASHION . 77 FIRES, brief history of one at Pittsburgh.
... whole of the city of London was destroyed by fire . On the 10th of July , 1212 , the London bridge was burnt , 1 and two thousand persons perished . On the 2d of G2 FASHION . 77 FIRES, brief history of one at Pittsburgh.
Page 95
... whole heart is sick . If the political fountain becomes polluted , its dark and murky waters will eventually impregnate every branch with the contagious miasma . The his- tory of the past proves the truth of these assertions- passing ...
... whole heart is sick . If the political fountain becomes polluted , its dark and murky waters will eventually impregnate every branch with the contagious miasma . The his- tory of the past proves the truth of these assertions- passing ...
Page 101
... whole man astray . Instead of keeping it with all diligence , and putting it under proper discipline by self examina- tion and correction , we are too prone to be more ignorant of this fountain of action , than of any thing else , in or ...
... whole man astray . Instead of keeping it with all diligence , and putting it under proper discipline by self examina- tion and correction , we are too prone to be more ignorant of this fountain of action , than of any thing else , in or ...
Page 119
... whole body , and drive back the purple current on the aching heart , like base and dam- ning Ingratitude . Indifference continued , coldness per- severed in , favours forgotten , friendship unrequited , by INGRATITUDE . 119 INGRATITUDE ...
... whole body , and drive back the purple current on the aching heart , like base and dam- ning Ingratitude . Indifference continued , coldness per- severed in , favours forgotten , friendship unrequited , by INGRATITUDE . 119 INGRATITUDE ...
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