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To live in society , and to tolerate its goings - on , requires either the influence of a good substantial passion , or no small share of frivolity . At the outset of life , when we are boiling over with health and tem- perament ...
To live in society , and to tolerate its goings - on , requires either the influence of a good substantial passion , or no small share of frivolity . At the outset of life , when we are boiling over with health and tem- perament ...
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Society , with one ac- cord , condemns it , and , if pride forbids a confession of his own error , the children of a man who has married imprudently are sure to receive most energetic lessons enforced by severe denunciations against a ...
Society , with one ac- cord , condemns it , and , if pride forbids a confession of his own error , the children of a man who has married imprudently are sure to receive most energetic lessons enforced by severe denunciations against a ...
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We will leave these benevolent but maleficent creations of imperfect knowledge , and direct our attention to the society of Russia . The travellers who visit Russia , and publish their travels , are of a class who see only " a certain ...
We will leave these benevolent but maleficent creations of imperfect knowledge , and direct our attention to the society of Russia . The travellers who visit Russia , and publish their travels , are of a class who see only " a certain ...
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Flowers | 16 |
Letters to the Students of Glasgow by T Campbell Letter VI 1 VII | 97 |
Landors Imaginary Conversations | 143 |
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