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... REVENGE , miseries of ...... 197 REVOLUTION , a scrap of American history .. SAYING TOO MUCH , evil consequences of 199 217 .... SCANDAL , mischiefs of .. SCORN , offal of pride ... SELFISHNESS , miseries of .... SPECTACLES , with false ...
... REVENGE , miseries of ...... 197 REVOLUTION , a scrap of American history .. SAYING TOO MUCH , evil consequences of 199 217 .... SCANDAL , mischiefs of .. SCORN , offal of pride ... SELFISHNESS , miseries of .... SPECTACLES , with false ...
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... revenge , and the asafœtida of du- plicity . Like the kite , it cannot rise in a calm , and requires a constant wind to preserve its upward course . The fulcrum of ignorance , and the lever of party spirit , form its magic power . An ...
... revenge , and the asafœtida of du- plicity . Like the kite , it cannot rise in a calm , and requires a constant wind to preserve its upward course . The fulcrum of ignorance , and the lever of party spirit , form its magic power . An ...
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... revenge . It is an impartial mirror , set in the frame of love , resting on equity and justice . It is the founda- tion and cap stone of the climax of all the Christian graces - without it , our religion is like a body without a soul ...
... revenge . It is an impartial mirror , set in the frame of love , resting on equity and justice . It is the founda- tion and cap stone of the climax of all the Christian graces - without it , our religion is like a body without a soul ...
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... revenge , wounding the blessed Redeemer , in the house of his professed friends . In short , vice and immorality , in all their deceptive forms , are combined to swell the upper current , and would gladly sink the under current of ...
... revenge , wounding the blessed Redeemer , in the house of his professed friends . In short , vice and immorality , in all their deceptive forms , are combined to swell the upper current , and would gladly sink the under current of ...
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... revenge , falsehood , and the basest passions of the fallen nature of man . It goads him onward with a fearful impetus , like a locomotive ; and often runs his car off the track , dashes it in pieces , and he is left , bruised and ...
... revenge , falsehood , and the basest passions of the fallen nature of man . It goads him onward with a fearful impetus , like a locomotive ; and often runs his car off the track , dashes it in pieces , and he is left , bruised and ...
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