The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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... crimes in her code . Against these , all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders , against these her penal statutes , pistol , sword , and poison , are in full force . Injured honor can only be vindicated at the point of the sword ...
... crimes in her code . Against these , all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders , against these her penal statutes , pistol , sword , and poison , are in full force . Injured honor can only be vindicated at the point of the sword ...
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... crime , and , after he has committed it , to the hope of having his reputation cleared , by the perpetual eulogies these flattering scenes bestow on rash and intemperate bravery ; on the dignity of that spirit which cannot brook an ...
... crime , and , after he has committed it , to the hope of having his reputation cleared , by the perpetual eulogies these flattering scenes bestow on rash and intemperate bravery ; on the dignity of that spirit which cannot brook an ...
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... crime to which the unresisted impulse of the mo- ment may have driven so accomplished a character . And a little tame tag of morality , set to a few musical periods by the unimpas- sioned friend , is borne down , absorbed , lost , in ...
... crime to which the unresisted impulse of the mo- ment may have driven so accomplished a character . And a little tame tag of morality , set to a few musical periods by the unimpas- sioned friend , is borne down , absorbed , lost , in ...
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... crime , yet to vindicate the criminal . The drow- sy moral at the close slowly attempts to creep after the poison of the piece ; but it creeps in vain ; it can never expel that which it can never reach ; for one stroke of feeling , one ...
... crime , yet to vindicate the criminal . The drow- sy moral at the close slowly attempts to creep after the poison of the piece ; but it creeps in vain ; it can never expel that which it can never reach ; for one stroke of feeling , one ...
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... crime is kept at a dis- tance . If the love be represented as avowedly vicious , instead of lending herself to the illusion , she will allow it ought to be sacrific- ed to duty ; but if she thinks it innocent , she persuades herself ...
... crime is kept at a dis- tance . If the love be represented as avowedly vicious , instead of lending herself to the illusion , she will allow it ought to be sacrific- ed to duty ; but if she thinks it innocent , she persuades herself ...
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