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... with rapidity from breast to breast ; interest , on the contrary , is a cold and soli- tary feeling , which shrinks from the eye of public observation , and which every individual carefully conceals within himself ELOQUENCE . 3.
... with rapidity from breast to breast ; interest , on the contrary , is a cold and soli- tary feeling , which shrinks from the eye of public observation , and which every individual carefully conceals within himself ELOQUENCE . 3.
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... feel not the smart of suffering that we endure . In England , there is not a subject that dare extend his arm to fillip a peer of the realm . In Ireland , unless the lord have ability to his power , and power 8 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... feel not the smart of suffering that we endure . In England , there is not a subject that dare extend his arm to fillip a peer of the realm . In Ireland , unless the lord have ability to his power , and power 8 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
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... feel some concern and interest that makes all reform of our eastern government appear officious and disgusting ; and , on the whole , a most discouraging attempt . In such an attempt you hurt those who are able to return kindness or to ...
... feel some concern and interest that makes all reform of our eastern government appear officious and disgusting ; and , on the whole , a most discouraging attempt . In such an attempt you hurt those who are able to return kindness or to ...
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... of the circumstances of this plague of hunger . Of all the calamities which beset and waylay the life of man , this comes the nearest to our heart , and is that wherein the proudest of us all feels himself 18 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... of the circumstances of this plague of hunger . Of all the calamities which beset and waylay the life of man , this comes the nearest to our heart , and is that wherein the proudest of us all feels himself 18 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
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... feels himself to be nothing more than he is : but I find myself unable to manage it with decorum ; these details are of a species of horror so nauseous and disgusting ; they are so de- grading to the sufferers and to the hearers ; they ...
... feels himself to be nothing more than he is : but I find myself unable to manage it with decorum ; these details are of a species of horror so nauseous and disgusting ; they are so de- grading to the sufferers and to the hearers ; they ...
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