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... practice of which I had formerly taken some sort of pride and pleasure . In fact , I think most of my irregularities proceeded less from innate corruption , than from a disbelief in the existence of virtue and my private opinion of my ...
... practice of which I had formerly taken some sort of pride and pleasure . In fact , I think most of my irregularities proceeded less from innate corruption , than from a disbelief in the existence of virtue and my private opinion of my ...
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... practice , but I cannot consent to the principle . Personal honour and public integrity are , in my opinion , essentially the same thing . ' " Then , " rejoined Mr. Armstrong , with unruffled politeness , " I am to understand that the ...
... practice , but I cannot consent to the principle . Personal honour and public integrity are , in my opinion , essentially the same thing . ' " Then , " rejoined Mr. Armstrong , with unruffled politeness , " I am to understand that the ...
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... practice with the pistol , as his antagonist had the re- putation of being a crack shot . He answered that he had never fired a duelling - pistol in his life . " As for practising , for the purpose of acquiring the skilful use of the ...
... practice with the pistol , as his antagonist had the re- putation of being a crack shot . He answered that he had never fired a duelling - pistol in his life . " As for practising , for the purpose of acquiring the skilful use of the ...
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... practice properly belongs to the education of a ruffian or an assassin . " I was silent , for I could not agree with him in his severe censure upon that , of which I myself had been guilty ; nor , indeed , could I offer anything in ...
... practice properly belongs to the education of a ruffian or an assassin . " I was silent , for I could not agree with him in his severe censure upon that , of which I myself had been guilty ; nor , indeed , could I offer anything in ...
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... have been not merely cer- tain , but overwhelming , could he have condescended to those practices by which elections are secured , but he kept rigidly to his determination of refusing to countenance any such sinister 39.
... have been not merely cer- tain , but overwhelming , could he have condescended to those practices by which elections are secured , but he kept rigidly to his determination of refusing to countenance any such sinister 39.
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Alice Paulet: A Sequel to Sydenham, Or, Memoirs of a Man of the World;, Volume 1 W. Massie No preview available - 2017 |
Alice Paulet: A Sequel to Sydenham, Or, Memoirs of a Man of the World;, Volume 1 W. Massie No preview available - 2017 |
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