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... respect- ing the character and conduct of individuals , and if we feel assured that censure is deserved , we must not withhold it , lest we neglect the cause of morality . But in doing this , we may be careful not to exceed justice ...
... respect- ing the character and conduct of individuals , and if we feel assured that censure is deserved , we must not withhold it , lest we neglect the cause of morality . But in doing this , we may be careful not to exceed justice ...
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... respect and attention to the advice that may be given to them ; and by this they might sometimes be spared the purchase of experience at too dear a rate . It is not , however , judicious to scek advice on every occasion , or to act upon ...
... respect and attention to the advice that may be given to them ; and by this they might sometimes be spared the purchase of experience at too dear a rate . It is not , however , judicious to scek advice on every occasion , or to act upon ...
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... respecting those minor circumstances , connected with society and domestic economy , to which newly - married ladies are frequently strangers . It is too much the fashion to confine the attention of juvenile females to the acquisition ...
... respecting those minor circumstances , connected with society and domestic economy , to which newly - married ladies are frequently strangers . It is too much the fashion to confine the attention of juvenile females to the acquisition ...
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... respecting the propriety of this custom . As the words " not at home " have become synonymous with " being engaged , " they neither deceive , nor are intended to deceive ; there- fore they may be employed innocently , as far as regards ...
... respecting the propriety of this custom . As the words " not at home " have become synonymous with " being engaged , " they neither deceive , nor are intended to deceive ; there- fore they may be employed innocently , as far as regards ...
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... respect to themselves . Such attempts should proceed only from those of exalted rank , and of peculiar influence ; and even in them it would , I think , require more courage and indifference to general opinion than can be desirable in ...
... respect to themselves . Such attempts should proceed only from those of exalted rank , and of peculiar influence ; and even in them it would , I think , require more courage and indifference to general opinion than can be desirable in ...
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