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... Sometimes the want is individually felt , without being generally recognised as such ; and the danger is then imminent , that any single individual proposing a supply may be charged with officiousness or folly . Sometimes the want is ...
... Sometimes the want is individually felt , without being generally recognised as such ; and the danger is then imminent , that any single individual proposing a supply may be charged with officiousness or folly . Sometimes the want is ...
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... sometimes even of deformity of character , which no endeavours in after life can reduce to symmtery and order . It is but too frequent a case , that the body , or the physical nature , enjoys this mastery . In this condition human ...
... sometimes even of deformity of character , which no endeavours in after life can reduce to symmtery and order . It is but too frequent a case , that the body , or the physical nature , enjoys this mastery . In this condition human ...
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... sometimes said that the love of fame has poisoned the springs of their being ; and they are loudly censured for the indulgence of an ambition which is said to in- flict its own inevitable chastisement . But in all such cases it seems to ...
... sometimes said that the love of fame has poisoned the springs of their being ; and they are loudly censured for the indulgence of an ambition which is said to in- flict its own inevitable chastisement . But in all such cases it seems to ...
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... sometimes conquer what he ought to submit to even these may be good , for there is much rough work to be done in the world - much of temptation to be resisted - much of evil to be overcome . The nurse and the mother need not take alarm ...
... sometimes conquer what he ought to submit to even these may be good , for there is much rough work to be done in the world - much of temptation to be resisted - much of evil to be overcome . The nurse and the mother need not take alarm ...
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... sometimes indelible force of that which is written with the finger of love , the mother could have little to hope for in the great work which she has to do . When talking of the mother , and what she has to do , it is to be feared that ...
... sometimes indelible force of that which is written with the finger of love , the mother could have little to hope for in the great work which she has to do . When talking of the mother , and what she has to do , it is to be feared that ...
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