The colonel, by the author of 'The perils of fashion'.1853 |
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... truth ; particularly when , as language is at present constituted , people unversed in logic hardly receive the same idea from the same word . Still , I am in- clined to exonerate from my sweeping cen- sure of apostates those who from ...
... truth ; particularly when , as language is at present constituted , people unversed in logic hardly receive the same idea from the same word . Still , I am in- clined to exonerate from my sweeping cen- sure of apostates those who from ...
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... , or services . In both Churches , then , this portion of their administration is decidedly of human device ; and so being , with all the most ardent aspira- tions for truth , must partake of the imperfec- tions 26 THE COLONEL .
... , or services . In both Churches , then , this portion of their administration is decidedly of human device ; and so being , with all the most ardent aspira- tions for truth , must partake of the imperfec- tions 26 THE COLONEL .
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Anna Atkins. tions for truth , must partake of the imperfec- tions of humanity . Our Church recognises the imperfection ; and in a Christian spirit , prays for its infirmities . The Romish Church , on the contrary , with its assumption ...
Anna Atkins. tions for truth , must partake of the imperfec- tions of humanity . Our Church recognises the imperfection ; and in a Christian spirit , prays for its infirmities . The Romish Church , on the contrary , with its assumption ...
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... truth is that I hate all learned and talking women . A dozen soft , pretty , sounding words , are worth all the most subtle arguments a Corinna or a Sappho ever spoke . " There was decided ill - temper in these words ; or else the ...
... truth is that I hate all learned and talking women . A dozen soft , pretty , sounding words , are worth all the most subtle arguments a Corinna or a Sappho ever spoke . " There was decided ill - temper in these words ; or else the ...
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... on your answer to a direct question : one which I must make , but neither from impertinence or curiosity . You must reply , then , with perfect truth , or you will be E 2 THE COLONEL . 51 You must tell him that I cannot change; that ...
... on your answer to a direct question : one which I must make , but neither from impertinence or curiosity . You must reply , then , with perfect truth , or you will be E 2 THE COLONEL . 51 You must tell him that I cannot change; that ...
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