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... individuals meet and unite , either in friendship or in love — neither of which they hold can be perfect , except by such an union of these corresponding spirits or souls . This idea is evidently the source of the beautiful stanza of ...
... individuals meet and unite , either in friendship or in love — neither of which they hold can be perfect , except by such an union of these corresponding spirits or souls . This idea is evidently the source of the beautiful stanza of ...
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... confidence , for counsel , or for help . Such individuals are like the solitary mariner — the last survivor of a crew swept off B by pestilence while becalmed in the torrid zone , -without BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE . 17.
... confidence , for counsel , or for help . Such individuals are like the solitary mariner — the last survivor of a crew swept off B by pestilence while becalmed in the torrid zone , -without BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE . 17.
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... individual who uses its advantages aright , by extending the sphere of his knowledge , and in so far multiplying the sources of his usefulness , as well as of his enjoyment . The man whose information is confined to what he himself has ...
... individual who uses its advantages aright , by extending the sphere of his knowledge , and in so far multiplying the sources of his usefulness , as well as of his enjoyment . The man whose information is confined to what he himself has ...
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... individual member that , which a hundred times his wealth could not accomplish for him separately . But they have now been established long enough to prove that their advantages were overrated— that their cost is greater than the ...
... individual member that , which a hundred times his wealth could not accomplish for him separately . But they have now been established long enough to prove that their advantages were overrated— that their cost is greater than the ...
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... individual , they feel entire confidence in the respectability of those by whom they are surrounded ; and with the care which will be taken as to the introduction of Gentlemen into the INSTITUTE , they may feel the same confidence in ...
... individual , they feel entire confidence in the respectability of those by whom they are surrounded ; and with the care which will be taken as to the introduction of Gentlemen into the INSTITUTE , they may feel the same confidence in ...
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accomplished admission advantages agreeable approved autres Bart beautiful Bishop of Durham Board of Direction BRITISH AND FOREIGN British Museum Bryanstone Square Buckingham Charles classes Colonies Committee communion Conversazioni cultivation David delight desire diffusion duties Earl of Devon End of London enjoy enjoyment Enrolment Entrance Fee established existing Clubs feel FOREIGN INSTITUTE Francis Mowatt friends Gentleman and Lady Gentlemen George globe greater number Guineas per annum Hanover Square Rooms Henry honour improve increasing number Ingatestone intellectual intercourse interest Isabella JAMES STUART John kindred minds Lectures limited number Literature Lord Brougham Lord Francis Egerton Lord James Stuart MACKINNON Meeting Metropolis names nation Nature number of persons object Original Members parties PENDARVES pleasure present President proposed Prospectus purpose pursuits RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Royal secure SEPTIMUS RAMSEY society Soirées Sympathy taste Thomas Wyse thought tion Travellers Trustees undertaking visitors WILLIAM TITE women
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