The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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... human charac- ters must frequently be the case , highly dangerous to society . In this objection , eloquence is considered as an engine for swaying the minds of men , not only independent of the moral character of the speaker , but of ...
... human charac- ters must frequently be the case , highly dangerous to society . In this objection , eloquence is considered as an engine for swaying the minds of men , not only independent of the moral character of the speaker , but of ...
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... human intercourse itself , he decreed to make the country possessed by these incor- rigible and predestinated criminals a memorable ex- ample to mankind . He resolved , in the gloomy recesses of a mind capacious of such things , to ...
... human intercourse itself , he decreed to make the country possessed by these incor- rigible and predestinated criminals a memorable ex- ample to mankind . He resolved , in the gloomy recesses of a mind capacious of such things , to ...
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... human nature itself , that , on better thoughts , I find it more advisable to throw a pall over this hideous object , and to leave it to your general con- ceptions . " CHAP . II . CALAMITIES . " IT is very strange , " said the Bachelor ...
... human nature itself , that , on better thoughts , I find it more advisable to throw a pall over this hideous object , and to leave it to your general con- ceptions . " CHAP . II . CALAMITIES . " IT is very strange , " said the Bachelor ...
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... human ability ; the author can only appeal to those who partici- pated the astonishment he felt upon that occasion , and to the sensations which they experienced in common with him , the remembrance of which can only be obliterated with ...
... human ability ; the author can only appeal to those who partici- pated the astonishment he felt upon that occasion , and to the sensations which they experienced in common with him , the remembrance of which can only be obliterated with ...
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... human victims . The war - caps of eagles ' feathers nodded in the rear , and large fans , of the wing - feathers of the ostrich , played around the dignitaries . Immediately behind their chairs ( which were of black wood , almost ...
... human victims . The war - caps of eagles ' feathers nodded in the rear , and large fans , of the wing - feathers of the ostrich , played around the dignitaries . Immediately behind their chairs ( which were of black wood , almost ...
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