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... . 465 Exaggeration . Its Perils and its Penalties , .. 468 Character . The Penalty of its Loss , ..... 471 Peculiarities ; or , All have Infirmities , ..... 474 The Overtasked ; or , Toil and its Victims ,. 30 CONTENTS .
... . 465 Exaggeration . Its Perils and its Penalties , .. 468 Character . The Penalty of its Loss , ..... 471 Peculiarities ; or , All have Infirmities , ..... 474 The Overtasked ; or , Toil and its Victims ,. 30 CONTENTS .
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... Victims ,. ..... PAGE 478 .... 486 False Impressions ; or , the Little Enmities of Life , ....... 482 The Battle of Life ,. Civility . The Social and the Business World , ........... 490 An Object in Life . - The Policy of Sticking to ...
... Victims ,. ..... PAGE 478 .... 486 False Impressions ; or , the Little Enmities of Life , ....... 482 The Battle of Life ,. Civility . The Social and the Business World , ........... 490 An Object in Life . - The Policy of Sticking to ...
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... victim to a single blow and a rapid death - the other protracts the dreadful process for years , and snaps the cords of the heart one by one , and each with added anguish . But there is a bright contrast to this picture . Matri- mony ...
... victim to a single blow and a rapid death - the other protracts the dreadful process for years , and snaps the cords of the heart one by one , and each with added anguish . But there is a bright contrast to this picture . Matri- mony ...
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... victim who listens is hurried on until madness rules the hour , and all sense of propriety and justice is lost . How many illustrations might be given . There is scarcely an in- dividual who is not acquainted with some melancholy case ...
... victim who listens is hurried on until madness rules the hour , and all sense of propriety and justice is lost . How many illustrations might be given . There is scarcely an in- dividual who is not acquainted with some melancholy case ...
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... victim rushes on , reckless of consequences . When however , the delusion vanishes , and the in- fatuation is stripped of its delirious excitement - when the veil is withdrawn , and the awful penalty of dis- grace looms up vividly in ...
... victim rushes on , reckless of consequences . When however , the delusion vanishes , and the in- fatuation is stripped of its delirious excitement - when the veil is withdrawn , and the awful penalty of dis- grace looms up vividly in ...
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