The Works of Hannah More, Volumen3Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... wish to turn their attention to objects calcu- lated to promote their true dignity , is not the office of an enemy . So to expose the weakness of the land as to suggest the necessity of internal improve- ment , and to point out the ...
... wish to turn their attention to objects calcu- lated to promote their true dignity , is not the office of an enemy . So to expose the weakness of the land as to suggest the necessity of internal improve- ment , and to point out the ...
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... wish of making himself a reputation , and of standing well with the fashionable part of the female world . He preserves for a time a horror of vice , which makes it not difficult for him to resist the grosser corrup- tions of society ...
... wish of making himself a reputation , and of standing well with the fashionable part of the female world . He preserves for a time a horror of vice , which makes it not difficult for him to resist the grosser corrup- tions of society ...
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... wish to bring back the frantic reign of chivalry , nor to reinstate women in that fantastic em- pire in which they then sat enthroned in the hearts , or rather in the imaginations , of men . Common sense is an excellent material of ...
... wish to bring back the frantic reign of chivalry , nor to reinstate women in that fantastic em- pire in which they then sat enthroned in the hearts , or rather in the imaginations , of men . Common sense is an excellent material of ...
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... wish to see an adulteress restored to the rank of women who have not vio- lated the most solemn covenant that can be made with man , nor disobeyed one of the most positive laws which has been enjoined by God . About the same time that ...
... wish to see an adulteress restored to the rank of women who have not vio- lated the most solemn covenant that can be made with man , nor disobeyed one of the most positive laws which has been enjoined by God . About the same time that ...
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... wish , that this indispensable per- fection could have been attained at the expense of sacrifices less important . It is with the greater regret I animadvert on this and some other prevail- ing practices , as they are errors into which ...
... wish , that this indispensable per- fection could have been attained at the expense of sacrifices less important . It is with the greater regret I animadvert on this and some other prevail- ing practices , as they are errors into which ...
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