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... perhaps a careless , member of one family , finds herself , as if by magic , at the head of another , and involved in duties of the highest importance . If she possess good sense , her earnest wish will be , to act with propriety in her ...
... perhaps a careless , member of one family , finds herself , as if by magic , at the head of another , and involved in duties of the highest importance . If she possess good sense , her earnest wish will be , to act with propriety in her ...
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... perhaps fatal to its prosperity . The married woman has also obligations of society to discharge , which may be said to extend beyond the bounds of family - connections and rela- tionship : she has to cultivate suitable acquaint- - ance ...
... perhaps fatal to its prosperity . The married woman has also obligations of society to discharge , which may be said to extend beyond the bounds of family - connections and rela- tionship : she has to cultivate suitable acquaint- - ance ...
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... perhaps reparable , but of which the inconveniences may be somewhat averted by judicious conduct ; such as conforming her mind in all things to her new con- dition , and rendering her habits and tastes consist- ent with it ; enduring ...
... perhaps reparable , but of which the inconveniences may be somewhat averted by judicious conduct ; such as conforming her mind in all things to her new con- dition , and rendering her habits and tastes consist- ent with it ; enduring ...
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... perhaps , you will favour me by reading aloud , allowing me to preface it by remarking on the precipitancy with which young people often rush into intimacies . I am far from desiring to encourage in any one a suspicious disposition ...
... perhaps , you will favour me by reading aloud , allowing me to preface it by remarking on the precipitancy with which young people often rush into intimacies . I am far from desiring to encourage in any one a suspicious disposition ...
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... perhaps , is not to be closed until the debtor has relinquished his independence of opinion and sen- timent , and his own free agency in all his concerns . The obliged friend has sometimes no alternative but to be termed ungrateful , or ...
... perhaps , is not to be closed until the debtor has relinquished his independence of opinion and sen- timent , and his own free agency in all his concerns . The obliged friend has sometimes no alternative but to be termed ungrateful , or ...
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