The Lady of the Manor: Being a Series of Conversations on the Subject of Confirmation Intended for the Use of Middle and Higher Ranks of Young Females, Volume 6F. Houlston, 1828 |
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... dreadful the designs of ambition ! and how closely allied is envy to the foulest crimes of which our nature is capable ! Yet man is formed with an insa- tiable thirst for happiness ; and if he has been taught to consider that happiness ...
... dreadful the designs of ambition ! and how closely allied is envy to the foulest crimes of which our nature is capable ! Yet man is formed with an insa- tiable thirst for happiness ; and if he has been taught to consider that happiness ...
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... dreadful groans . I awoke in agony , and , raising myself up , found that it was the slow and laboured breathing of my son , the sound of which reaching me in my sleep , had excited the dreadful vision I have just described . " Every ...
... dreadful groans . I awoke in agony , and , raising myself up , found that it was the slow and laboured breathing of my son , the sound of which reaching me in my sleep , had excited the dreadful vision I have just described . " Every ...
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... dreadful expressions , and hastened back to her own apartment . " My son had heard what I said to his aunt , and he thence took occasion to entreat me to seek a superiority over the petty strivings and animosities of this world . He ...
... dreadful expressions , and hastened back to her own apartment . " My son had heard what I said to his aunt , and he thence took occasion to entreat me to seek a superiority over the petty strivings and animosities of this world . He ...
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... dreadful effects of ambitious feelings . " The tendency of these , is , undoubtedly , neither more nor less than to murder ; while the feelings of humility lead to life , health , and peace . Perhaps it would be impossible to sum up the ...
... dreadful effects of ambitious feelings . " The tendency of these , is , undoubtedly , neither more nor less than to murder ; while the feelings of humility lead to life , health , and peace . Perhaps it would be impossible to sum up the ...
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... dreadful consequences of a captious and unforgiving temper , are shewn forth in a strong , though , alas ! not by any means in an exaggerated point of view ; for who can calculate the number of direful evils which have desolated the ...
... dreadful consequences of a captious and unforgiving temper , are shewn forth in a strong , though , alas ! not by any means in an exaggerated point of view ; for who can calculate the number of direful evils which have desolated the ...
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