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... affection , association , prejudice , and passions of all kinds render man liable to yield too ready and too general an assent to partial evidence . — J. PYCROFT , A Course of English Reading , 1854 . The human mind is prone to form ...
... affection , association , prejudice , and passions of all kinds render man liable to yield too ready and too general an assent to partial evidence . — J. PYCROFT , A Course of English Reading , 1854 . The human mind is prone to form ...
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... affection which we bear to our- selves guards us usually against any discontent of that kind . — ARCHDEACON JORTIN , Sermons . - ' What , ' said Mr. Abernethy , in reply to a former pupil , who said it must depress a man to be told that ...
... affection which we bear to our- selves guards us usually against any discontent of that kind . — ARCHDEACON JORTIN , Sermons . - ' What , ' said Mr. Abernethy , in reply to a former pupil , who said it must depress a man to be told that ...
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... affections ; and with them Conjurors of all kinds , from Prince Hohenlohe and the Professors of animal magnetism , down to the most vulgar im- postors will always be the successful rivals of those Practitioners who have studied their ...
... affections ; and with them Conjurors of all kinds , from Prince Hohenlohe and the Professors of animal magnetism , down to the most vulgar im- postors will always be the successful rivals of those Practitioners who have studied their ...
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... affections , as , on the other hand , the weaker - - - understandings have generally the weaker passions ; and it is fit the fury of the coursers should not be too great for the strength of the charioteer . Young men whose passions are ...
... affections , as , on the other hand , the weaker - - - understandings have generally the weaker passions ; and it is fit the fury of the coursers should not be too great for the strength of the charioteer . Young men whose passions are ...
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... wretched man , that to affections does the bridle lend ! in their beginning they are weak and wan , but soon through sufferance grow to fearful end : whiles they are weak , betimes with them con- tend 88 Passing through Life .
... wretched man , that to affections does the bridle lend ! in their beginning they are weak and wan , but soon through sufferance grow to fearful end : whiles they are weak , betimes with them con- tend 88 Passing through Life .
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