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... passions , we must deter- mine our opinion by facts uncontested , and evidences on each side allowed to be genuine . By this procedure I know not whether the stu- dents will find their cause promoted , or the compas- sion which they ...
... passions , we must deter- mine our opinion by facts uncontested , and evidences on each side allowed to be genuine . By this procedure I know not whether the stu- dents will find their cause promoted , or the compas- sion which they ...
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... passions ; but , like other feeble commanders , was obliged often to receive law from her allies . Her motions were sudden , irregular , and violent ; for she had no steadiness or constancy . She often gained conquests by hasty ...
... passions ; but , like other feeble commanders , was obliged often to receive law from her allies . Her motions were sudden , irregular , and violent ; for she had no steadiness or constancy . She often gained conquests by hasty ...
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... Passions in full autho- rity behind her ; who were so well pleased with command , that they held out with great ... Passion . She , indeed , advanced , but she advanced slowly ; and often lost the conquests which she left behind her , by ...
... Passions in full autho- rity behind her ; who were so well pleased with command , that they held out with great ... Passion . She , indeed , advanced , but she advanced slowly ; and often lost the conquests which she left behind her , by ...
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Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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