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Page 54
... express it , I shall furnish the substance of what passed . " This is a serious and a most alarming move- ment , Mr. Goldencalf , " observed Sir Joseph , " and calls for union and cordiality among the holders of property . Should these ...
... express it , I shall furnish the substance of what passed . " This is a serious and a most alarming move- ment , Mr. Goldencalf , " observed Sir Joseph , " and calls for union and cordiality among the holders of property . Should these ...
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... express it , ) by becom- ing the depository of sentiments so diametrically opposed to each other , as those of Dr. Etherington and those of Sir Joseph Job . On the one side , I was taught the degradation of birth ; on the other , the ...
... express it , ) by becom- ing the depository of sentiments so diametrically opposed to each other , as those of Dr. Etherington and those of Sir Joseph Job . On the one side , I was taught the degradation of birth ; on the other , the ...
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... express it , I occupied a false position in society . Known to be the expectant of great wealth , it was not easy to be overlooked altogether in a country whose government is based on a representation of property , and in which boroughs ...
... express it , I occupied a false position in society . Known to be the expectant of great wealth , it was not easy to be overlooked altogether in a country whose government is based on a representation of property , and in which boroughs ...
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James Fenimore Cooper. sand times did I wish ( as it has since been express- ed by the great captain of the age , ) that I had been my own grandson ; for , notwithstanding the pro- bability that he who is nearest to the founder of a ...
James Fenimore Cooper. sand times did I wish ( as it has since been express- ed by the great captain of the age , ) that I had been my own grandson ; for , notwithstanding the pro- bability that he who is nearest to the founder of a ...
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... express as much , in terms it was not easy to misunder- stand . " The only child , and , indeed , the only known relative of the deceased , " I said , " I do not well see , gentlemen , how this subject should interest , in this lively ...
... express as much , in terms it was not easy to misunder- stand . " The only child , and , indeed , the only known relative of the deceased , " I said , " I do not well see , gentlemen , how this subject should interest , in this lively ...
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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.