Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 29. köideW. Blackwood, 1831 |
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... passion as they may , not a young lady in the land who would not prefer to the best of them , any undeformed ensign in a marching regiment , either either of the foot or the dragoons . SHEPHERD . The sex has been aye desperate fond o ...
... passion as they may , not a young lady in the land who would not prefer to the best of them , any undeformed ensign in a marching regiment , either either of the foot or the dragoons . SHEPHERD . The sex has been aye desperate fond o ...
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... passion , without the slightest regard to the fatal effects which such conduct has produced upon their predecessors ; and lament , when too late , the rashness with which they slighted the advice of experience , and stifled the voice of ...
... passion , without the slightest regard to the fatal effects which such conduct has produced upon their predecessors ; and lament , when too late , the rashness with which they slighted the advice of experience , and stifled the voice of ...
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... passions come into play which have been stirred up in the public contentions . Vulgar Ambition is roused from its lethargy , Poverty is deprived of its employment , the populace become habituated to the intoxication of flat- tery ...
... passions come into play which have been stirred up in the public contentions . Vulgar Ambition is roused from its lethargy , Poverty is deprived of its employment , the populace become habituated to the intoxication of flat- tery ...
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... passion for power ; the desire of exercising the force of sovereignty ; the vanity of being courted by their superiors , and made the object of flattery . It is not surprising that the people should love the exercise of such ...
... passion for power ; the desire of exercising the force of sovereignty ; the vanity of being courted by their superiors , and made the object of flattery . It is not surprising that the people should love the exercise of such ...
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... passion , and even in our own days had burst forth with transports almost unanimous . " The Duchesse de Berri , having in her carriage Madame de Gontaut and her children , preceded the Dauphine , whom her husband escorted on horseback ...
... passion , and even in our own days had burst forth with transports almost unanimous . " The Duchesse de Berri , having in her carriage Madame de Gontaut and her children , preceded the Dauphine , whom her husband escorted on horseback ...
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