Essays: On the Following Subjects: Celibacy, Wedlock, Seduction, Pride, Duelling, Self-murder, Lying, Detraction, Avarice, Justice, Generosity, Temperance, Excess, Death |
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... for them ; but when we see that even these very few are invaded by men ;
reproach cannot so sharply be levelled against the victims of seduction : 3 : 05 So
great a nursery for vice is idleness , that : Obscene books and prints generate
and ...
... for them ; but when we see that even these very few are invaded by men ;
reproach cannot so sharply be levelled against the victims of seduction : 3 : 05 So
great a nursery for vice is idleness , that : Obscene books and prints generate
and ...
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So great a nursery for vice is idleness , that Solon , the wise Athenian Legislator ,
made ai làw against it . The ' Egyptians require every person to be of some
business . Among the Turks , ( the Grand Signior himself not excepted ) , every
man ...
So great a nursery for vice is idleness , that Solon , the wise Athenian Legislator ,
made ai làw against it . The ' Egyptians require every person to be of some
business . Among the Turks , ( the Grand Signior himself not excepted ) , every
man ...
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... it is the abuse of pride which calls for the scourge of reproof ; then indeed it
becomes a most formidable vice , and of such a peculiar nature , that those who
feel it strongest in themselves are the most intolerant of it in others . So much did
this ...
... it is the abuse of pride which calls for the scourge of reproof ; then indeed it
becomes a most formidable vice , and of such a peculiar nature , that those who
feel it strongest in themselves are the most intolerant of it in others . So much did
this ...
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Even among the northern nations which tolerated the use of duels , they urged in
apology for them , that the corruption and vice of the nation were beyond the
controul of assaulted by diseases which are loathsome to the eye ,. other ngue is
...
Even among the northern nations which tolerated the use of duels , they urged in
apology for them , that the corruption and vice of the nation were beyond the
controul of assaulted by diseases which are loathsome to the eye ,. other ngue is
...
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... that there is not a more extensive choice for them ; but when we see that even
these very few are invaded by men , reproach cannot ' so sharply be levelled
against the victims of seduction . . 3 . So great a nursery for vice is idleness , that
02.
... that there is not a more extensive choice for them ; but when we see that even
these very few are invaded by men , reproach cannot ' so sharply be levelled
against the victims of seduction . . 3 . So great a nursery for vice is idleness , that
02.
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| Title | Essays: On the Following Subjects: Celibacy, Wedlock, Seduction, Pride, Duelling, Self-murder, Lying, Detraction, Avarice, Justice, Generosity, Temperance, Excess, Death |
| Author | Edward Barry |
| Publisher | Smart and Cowslade, 1806 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 190 pages |
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