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... sufficiently employed in important concerns . Thus you may sometimes observe women of considerable powers occupied with needless anxieties ; destroy- ing health by solicitude to preserve it ; fretful and 8 PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE.
... sufficiently employed in important concerns . Thus you may sometimes observe women of considerable powers occupied with needless anxieties ; destroy- ing health by solicitude to preserve it ; fretful and 8 PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE.
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... sufficient regard for the prejudices of older minds . The declining ge- neration consider the young as rash , who , in return , regard the opinions of their elders as mere prejudice . " Besides these points of difference , the pursuits ...
... sufficient regard for the prejudices of older minds . The declining ge- neration consider the young as rash , who , in return , regard the opinions of their elders as mere prejudice . " Besides these points of difference , the pursuits ...
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... sufficient reasons for not being more explicit to- wards him . If she can convince him that the correspondence has no reference to herself , but relates to the private concerns of her friend , it will scarcely be sufficient to excite ...
... sufficient reasons for not being more explicit to- wards him . If she can convince him that the correspondence has no reference to herself , but relates to the private concerns of her friend , it will scarcely be sufficient to excite ...
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... sufficient nourishment . MRS . L.I think I have remarked among those whom I could not charge with any decided pro- pensity to blunder , extreme carelessness regarding the reputation of their acquaintance . I have heard them mention ...
... sufficient nourishment . MRS . L.I think I have remarked among those whom I could not charge with any decided pro- pensity to blunder , extreme carelessness regarding the reputation of their acquaintance . I have heard them mention ...
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... sufficient quantity , the only food welcome to self - love . Mental infirmities receive no check from such nourishment : the taste and feelings be- come depraved , and added years , instead of wit- nessing improvement in character ...
... sufficient quantity , the only food welcome to self - love . Mental infirmities receive no check from such nourishment : the taste and feelings be- come depraved , and added years , instead of wit- nessing improvement in character ...
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