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Page 68
... cousin Bridget — Bridget Elia . I grant there is something sneaking in it ; but with a toothache , or a sprained ankle , — when you are sub- dued and humble , you are glad to put up with an inferior spring of action . There is such a ...
... cousin Bridget — Bridget Elia . I grant there is something sneaking in it ; but with a toothache , or a sprained ankle , — when you are sub- dued and humble , you are glad to put up with an inferior spring of action . There is such a ...
Page 97
... altered creature , and can I reproach her for it ? " - For the communication of this letter , I am indebted to my cousin Bridget . VOL . III . 7 IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES . I am of a constitution so general THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER . 97.
... altered creature , and can I reproach her for it ? " - For the communication of this letter , I am indebted to my cousin Bridget . VOL . III . 7 IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES . I am of a constitution so general THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER . 97.
Page 123
... cousin . Nature hath her unities , which not every critic can penetrate ; or , if we feel , we cannot explain them ... cousin's doctrine is in- variably at war with his temperament , which is high sanguine . With always some fire - new ...
... cousin . Nature hath her unities , which not every critic can penetrate ; or , if we feel , we cannot explain them ... cousin's doctrine is in- variably at war with his temperament , which is high sanguine . With always some fire - new ...
Page 125
... cousin , -and Art never turned out a more elaborate orator than he can display himself to be , upon this favorite topic of the advantages of quiet and contentedness in the state , whatever it be , that we are placed in . He is ...
... cousin , -and Art never turned out a more elaborate orator than he can display himself to be , upon this favorite topic of the advantages of quiet and contentedness in the state , whatever it be , that we are placed in . He is ...
Page 128
... cousin is but imperfectly formed for purposes which demand coöperation . He cannot wait . His amelioration plans must be ripened in a day . For this reason he has cut but an equivocal figure in be- nevolent societies , and combinations ...
... cousin is but imperfectly formed for purposes which demand coöperation . He cannot wait . His amelioration plans must be ripened in a day . For this reason he has cut but an equivocal figure in be- nevolent societies , and combinations ...
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