Letters and Essays in Prose and VerseE. Moxon, 1834 - 268 страница |
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... is to sneer at every thing but impudent vice , and successful crime . By these he is generally awed and silenced . Are these poor heartless creatures to be envied ? Can you think that the Duc de Richelieu was a happier 54.
... is to sneer at every thing but impudent vice , and successful crime . By these he is generally awed and silenced . Are these poor heartless creatures to be envied ? Can you think that the Duc de Richelieu was a happier 54.
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... " Since this over - estimate of wealth is almost universal , it can be no wonder that the rich are so vain and the poor so envious . I know that it is only repeating the tritest of common - places to observe that both 73.
... " Since this over - estimate of wealth is almost universal , it can be no wonder that the rich are so vain and the poor so envious . I know that it is only repeating the tritest of common - places to observe that both 73.
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... poor the honour of expecting them to be spotless . Too often is it deemed a good excuse for refusing them alms that they have failings like our own . There are many advantages in this variety of condi- tions , one of which is boasted of ...
... poor the honour of expecting them to be spotless . Too often is it deemed a good excuse for refusing them alms that they have failings like our own . There are many advantages in this variety of condi- tions , one of which is boasted of ...
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... poor men ; such as Socrates and Epaminondas ; such as many of the most illustrious Romans , and the inspired founders of our Faith . Among the North American Indians a wish for wealth is even now considered as unworthy of a brave man ...
... poor men ; such as Socrates and Epaminondas ; such as many of the most illustrious Romans , and the inspired founders of our Faith . Among the North American Indians a wish for wealth is even now considered as unworthy of a brave man ...
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... poor woman is heightened into agony by the belief that a physician and proper attendance might have preserved her little one . Such thoughts are the harder to bear , because the social affections of the needy are necessarily cherished ...
... poor woman is heightened into agony by the belief that a physician and proper attendance might have preserved her little one . Such thoughts are the harder to bear , because the social affections of the needy are necessarily cherished ...
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