The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things, Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History : with an Appendix ...The author, 1848 - 328 Seiten |
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... ruin , the work of an angry moment . I have seen anger make wives unhappy , alienate husbands , spoil children , derange all harmony , and disturb the quiet of a whole neighbourhood . Anger , like too much wine , hides us from ourselves ...
... ruin , the work of an angry moment . I have seen anger make wives unhappy , alienate husbands , spoil children , derange all harmony , and disturb the quiet of a whole neighbourhood . Anger , like too much wine , hides us from ourselves ...
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... fled ; dissolution followed - ruin closed the scene . Fashion contributes largely to swell the upper cur- rent , now rolling its towering waves over our land . Care , fatigue , vexation , envy , jealousy , 44 THE PROBE .
... fled ; dissolution followed - ruin closed the scene . Fashion contributes largely to swell the upper cur- rent , now rolling its towering waves over our land . Care , fatigue , vexation , envy , jealousy , 44 THE PROBE .
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... ruin . She is the Ignis Fatuus of fancy ; the farther she is pursued , the deeper the mire in her path . Idleness is an ingredient in the upper current , which was scarcely known , and never countenanced , in the good old linsey woolsey ...
... ruin . She is the Ignis Fatuus of fancy ; the farther she is pursued , the deeper the mire in her path . Idleness is an ingredient in the upper current , which was scarcely known , and never countenanced , in the good old linsey woolsey ...
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... ruin , all so commingled , that a Philadelphia lawyer , aided by constables and sheriffs , can bring but little order out of the confusion . At the outset , especially among merchants , a ruinous tax is imposed by this system , upon the ...
... ruin , all so commingled , that a Philadelphia lawyer , aided by constables and sheriffs , can bring but little order out of the confusion . At the outset , especially among merchants , a ruinous tax is imposed by this system , upon the ...
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... ruin at each periodical return . Owe no man , is an injunction of Holy Writ , and , if not obeyed , like the violation of the other injunctions radiating from that polar star to guide man to happiness and peace DEBTS . 51.
... ruin at each periodical return . Owe no man , is an injunction of Holy Writ , and , if not obeyed , like the violation of the other injunctions radiating from that polar star to guide man to happiness and peace DEBTS . 51.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action become Bible big clock bill of attainder bipeds body cause charity Christian church commenced Congress constitution crime danger death demagogues destroyed devil dreadful duty earth earthly enemy evil fame fashion feel fire friends genius George Clymer glory half dime hand happiness heart heaven honest honor House human nature idle important Inconsistency increasing incubus Indians indulge Jehovah judge Julius Cæsar justice kind kings labor liberty light ligion live ment mind misery Mohawk river MORAL PROBE Murphy nation never noble open the wrong parents party spirit passed passions Patrick Henry patriotism peace person poison political President produce profession propensity Prudence pure religion render revenge Richard Henry Lee ruin savages scorpion selfish Senate soul thing thousand tion tongues truth union United upper ten thousand vice virtue votes wealth wind wisdom woman wrong valve zeal
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Seite 8 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Seite 6 - Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. Maryland. — Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Virginia. — George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. North Carolina. — William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. South Carolina. — Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. Georgia. — Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.