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Page 49
... become still clearer , if we add the consideration ( equally important though less obvious ) that the rustic , from the more imper- fect developement of his faculties , and from the lower state of their cultivation , aims almost Dd what ...
... become still clearer , if we add the consideration ( equally important though less obvious ) that the rustic , from the more imper- fect developement of his faculties , and from the lower state of their cultivation , aims almost Dd what ...
Page 158
... becoming nothing ; or of nothing becoming a thing ; is impossible to all finite beings alike , of whatever age , and how- ever educated or uneducated . Thus it is with splendid paradoxes in general . If the words are taken in the common ...
... becoming nothing ; or of nothing becoming a thing ; is impossible to all finite beings alike , of whatever age , and how- ever educated or uneducated . Thus it is with splendid paradoxes in general . If the words are taken in the common ...
Page 230
... become rich all at once ; and in the final matrimonial choice the opulent and high - born themselves are made to confess , that VIRTUE IS THE ONLY TRUE NOBILITY , AND THAT A LOVELY WOMAN IS A DOWRY OF HERSELF !! P. Excellent ! But you ...
... become rich all at once ; and in the final matrimonial choice the opulent and high - born themselves are made to confess , that VIRTUE IS THE ONLY TRUE NOBILITY , AND THAT A LOVELY WOMAN IS A DOWRY OF HERSELF !! P. Excellent ! But you ...
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