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... less number she has dependents around her , not only expect- ing to derive from her comfort and prosperity , but unconsciously regulating their conduct by hers , and imbibing from her precepts and opi- nions favourable or otherwise to ...
... less number she has dependents around her , not only expect- ing to derive from her comfort and prosperity , but unconsciously regulating their conduct by hers , and imbibing from her precepts and opi- nions favourable or otherwise to ...
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... less worthy basis , may please the fancy for a time , but can afford no permanent satisfaction ; for where mutual esteem and confidence cannot subsist , lasting pleasure refuses to dwell . " A true friend must be untarnished by vicious ...
... less worthy basis , may please the fancy for a time , but can afford no permanent satisfaction ; for where mutual esteem and confidence cannot subsist , lasting pleasure refuses to dwell . " A true friend must be untarnished by vicious ...
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... , had they reposed with less confidence on themselves , and not ventured beyond the limits C sanctioned by the world ; experience having often demonstrated that FRIENDSHIPS . 25 former friends On new friendships -Correspondence Confidence,
... , had they reposed with less confidence on themselves , and not ventured beyond the limits C sanctioned by the world ; experience having often demonstrated that FRIENDSHIPS . 25 former friends On new friendships -Correspondence Confidence,
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... less responsible for squandering money , under certain circumstances , on the trifling gossiping of an extensive epistolary correspondence , than in the purchase of superfluous ornaments . No postage can be regarded as extravagant ...
... less responsible for squandering money , under certain circumstances , on the trifling gossiping of an extensive epistolary correspondence , than in the purchase of superfluous ornaments . No postage can be regarded as extravagant ...
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... less counsel she takes , and the more she treats her sister - in - law as a visitor only in the family , the greater will be the probability of preserving her esteem , and securing the general comfort of the household . MRS . L ...
... less counsel she takes , and the more she treats her sister - in - law as a visitor only in the family , the greater will be the probability of preserving her esteem , and securing the general comfort of the household . MRS . L ...
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