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Page 17
... lively youths - and yet they are their townsmen . If a " lady , " whose associates have been strolling players or backwoods people in a very raw settle- ment , tells all the vulgarities she met with in such society , why should it ...
... lively youths - and yet they are their townsmen . If a " lady , " whose associates have been strolling players or backwoods people in a very raw settle- ment , tells all the vulgarities she met with in such society , why should it ...
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... lively perception of novelty , acute dissection of truth , and bold assertion of Christian principle , as the rule and guide of their motives . It is not to be wondered at that such associates should engage and enliven the mind , and ...
... lively perception of novelty , acute dissection of truth , and bold assertion of Christian principle , as the rule and guide of their motives . It is not to be wondered at that such associates should engage and enliven the mind , and ...
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... lively and influential Christian sentiments of their women , as to their do- mestic virtues and personal loveliness . It is to the Christian and social habits of this in- teresting people that access has been chiefly afford- ed , and ...
... lively and influential Christian sentiments of their women , as to their do- mestic virtues and personal loveliness . It is to the Christian and social habits of this in- teresting people that access has been chiefly afford- ed , and ...
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... lively observation on the blossoms , and to watch the spring - time ? Who that has experi- enced the parental instincts , which are interwoven with the very life of the heart ; who that has seen chil- dren grow out of infancy into ...
... lively observation on the blossoms , and to watch the spring - time ? Who that has experi- enced the parental instincts , which are interwoven with the very life of the heart ; who that has seen chil- dren grow out of infancy into ...
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... lively , and natural buoyancy so excitable , a stamp of do- mestic tranquillity may be placed on such use of the sacred hours , which may steady the character for life . No one can suppose , from these remarks , that Sabbath - teaching ...
... lively , and natural buoyancy so excitable , a stamp of do- mestic tranquillity may be placed on such use of the sacred hours , which may steady the character for life . No one can suppose , from these remarks , that Sabbath - teaching ...
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