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Page viii
... called the Lake of the Dead . The path was filled with snow , at a most critical point , where , indeed , a misplaced footstep might betray the incautious to their destruction . A large party on the other side appeared fully aware of ...
... called the Lake of the Dead . The path was filled with snow , at a most critical point , where , indeed , a misplaced footstep might betray the incautious to their destruction . A large party on the other side appeared fully aware of ...
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... called near views , were now completely obscured by the sublimer and broader prospect that was spread before him . I am afraid the truth will compel me to admit , that my ancestor was never charitable in the vul- gar acceptation of the ...
... called near views , were now completely obscured by the sublimer and broader prospect that was spread before him . I am afraid the truth will compel me to admit , that my ancestor was never charitable in the vul- gar acceptation of the ...
Page 57
... called the great world . While most were anxious to trace themselves into obscurity , there was a singular reluctance to ef- fecting the object as clearly and as distinctly as it was in my power to do . From all which , as well as from ...
... called the great world . While most were anxious to trace themselves into obscurity , there was a singular reluctance to ef- fecting the object as clearly and as distinctly as it was in my power to do . From all which , as well as from ...
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... called her blessed ! It is said that no moral disease is ever benefited by its study . I was a living proof of the truth of the opinion , that brooding over one's wrongs or infirmities seldom does much more than aggravate the evil . I ...
... called her blessed ! It is said that no moral disease is ever benefited by its study . I was a living proof of the truth of the opinion , that brooding over one's wrongs or infirmities seldom does much more than aggravate the evil . I ...
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... called away so suddenly , and so young ! " My ancestor had seen his seventy - fifth birth - day ; but , unhappily , he had not settled all his accounts with the world , although he had given the physi cian his last fee , and sent the ...
... called away so suddenly , and so young ! " My ancestor had seen his seventy - fifth birth - day ; but , unhappily , he had not settled all his accounts with the world , although he had given the physi cian his last fee , and sent the ...
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Page 327 - ... that he must have the attributes of a conscience, of which memory formed one of the most essential features. Conscience was defined to be " the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions.