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... kind of continual miracle , wrought by the hand of God in his favor , as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry . - Franklin . AGRICULTURE , ITS INFLUENCE . — Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country ; but its ...
... kind of continual miracle , wrought by the hand of God in his favor , as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry . - Franklin . AGRICULTURE , ITS INFLUENCE . — Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country ; but its ...
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... kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance . The poorest mechanic , nay , the man who lives upon common alms , gets ...
... kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance . The poorest mechanic , nay , the man who lives upon common alms , gets ...
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... kind- ness , than never bestow one : not to return a benefit is the greater sin , but not to confer it is the earlier . - Seneca . BENEVOLENCE NOT TO BE PUT OFF.— -Rich people who are covetous , are like the cypress - tree , they may ...
... kind- ness , than never bestow one : not to return a benefit is the greater sin , but not to confer it is the earlier . - Seneca . BENEVOLENCE NOT TO BE PUT OFF.— -Rich people who are covetous , are like the cypress - tree , they may ...
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... kind of concomitant to greatness , as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman tri- umph . - Addison . CEREMONY . - Ceremony resembles that base coin which circulates through a country by the royal mandate ; it serves ...
... kind of concomitant to greatness , as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman tri- umph . - Addison . CEREMONY . - Ceremony resembles that base coin which circulates through a country by the royal mandate ; it serves ...
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... kind of virtue , to be seldom exercised , and never but in cases of necessity : affability , mildness , ten- derness , and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue , I mean good - nature , are of ...
... kind of virtue , to be seldom exercised , and never but in cases of necessity : affability , mildness , ten- derness , and a word which I would fain bring back to its original signification of virtue , I mean good - nature , are of ...
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