Essays on Social Subjects: From the Saturday ReviewW. Blackwood and Sons, 1864 - 305 páginas |
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... affection , the result is the same . He may stultify himself as effectu- ally by an excessive devotion to his mother and sisters as by a like devotion to Mrs Grundy ; but our concern is with the latter devotee , who lives in fear of ...
... affection , the result is the same . He may stultify himself as effectu- ally by an excessive devotion to his mother and sisters as by a like devotion to Mrs Grundy ; but our concern is with the latter devotee , who lives in fear of ...
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... affections do not tyrannise are represented as mere monsters , and are treated without mercy . Our readers will remember that in Undine , ' which so bewitched our youth , Bertha's pride is held up to scorn and obloquy because she , who ...
... affections do not tyrannise are represented as mere monsters , and are treated without mercy . Our readers will remember that in Undine , ' which so bewitched our youth , Bertha's pride is held up to scorn and obloquy because she , who ...
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... affections and passions . It needs to be admitted to the honour of their friendship and esteem to possess either head or heart . A great deal that passes for goodness and even self - denial in the world has this . passive form of ...
... affections and passions . It needs to be admitted to the honour of their friendship and esteem to possess either head or heart . A great deal that passes for goodness and even self - denial in the world has this . passive form of ...
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... affections predominate , men will be dull when they cannot exercise them ; and wherever the mind and intellect are worked by fits and starts , as some people are obliged to work them - effort alternat- ing with the indolence of reaction ...
... affections predominate , men will be dull when they cannot exercise them ; and wherever the mind and intellect are worked by fits and starts , as some people are obliged to work them - effort alternat- ing with the indolence of reaction ...
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... affection , is one of the very rarest excesses to be found in human nature . The purest feeling submits to the inevitable ; and , when tinged with selfishness and obstinacy , it yields and calms itself , with whatever ill- grace , so ...
... affection , is one of the very rarest excesses to be found in human nature . The purest feeling submits to the inevitable ; and , when tinged with selfishness and obstinacy , it yields and calms itself , with whatever ill- grace , so ...
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