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... leave to the Hottentots the sin- gular custom of first proving their arrival at manhood , by beating their mothers . Indeed , the high standard to which , history shows , womanly excellence may attain , and we may add in candor , the ...
... leave to the Hottentots the sin- gular custom of first proving their arrival at manhood , by beating their mothers . Indeed , the high standard to which , history shows , womanly excellence may attain , and we may add in candor , the ...
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... leaves in the wreath of history the germ of imperishable repro- duction , either to adorn the humble porch of domestic life , or crown with amaranth the noble - perchance the regal - brow . To instruct by attraction has been my chief ...
... leaves in the wreath of history the germ of imperishable repro- duction , either to adorn the humble porch of domestic life , or crown with amaranth the noble - perchance the regal - brow . To instruct by attraction has been my chief ...
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... leaves the experienced observer of human life to fill up the intermediate spaces with colors drawn from his own mind . Hence , we ought to view the representation given to us by the original draught with much allow- ance , from the ...
... leaves the experienced observer of human life to fill up the intermediate spaces with colors drawn from his own mind . Hence , we ought to view the representation given to us by the original draught with much allow- ance , from the ...
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... leaving his wife , and bent upon devising some stratagem by which to evade a necessity which had become abhorrent . The plan he determined upon was to feign madness : he had been remark- able for prudence and forethought ; this calamity ...
... leaving his wife , and bent upon devising some stratagem by which to evade a necessity which had become abhorrent . The plan he determined upon was to feign madness : he had been remark- able for prudence and forethought ; this calamity ...
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... leaves his wealth behind , - Trusted his heart with her , and carried with him Only an empty casket . " The Roman Valeria , when left a widow , and solicited to marry again , replied , " My husband is only dead for others ; for me he ...
... leaves his wealth behind , - Trusted his heart with her , and carried with him Only an empty casket . " The Roman Valeria , when left a widow , and solicited to marry again , replied , " My husband is only dead for others ; for me he ...
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