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... fact . Why will a spot of blood betray murder ? Why will the print of a nail discover a thief ? Why will a whole neighbourhood take flight at the sight of a little boy , with only a little spark of fire going into a magazine of powder ...
... fact . Why will a spot of blood betray murder ? Why will the print of a nail discover a thief ? Why will a whole neighbourhood take flight at the sight of a little boy , with only a little spark of fire going into a magazine of powder ...
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... fact , confirmed in the history of all ages , that the manners of woman form the character of the community , and the elements of the destiny of em- pires commence their operations on the maternal lap , in the nursery , and at the ...
... fact , confirmed in the history of all ages , that the manners of woman form the character of the community , and the elements of the destiny of em- pires commence their operations on the maternal lap , in the nursery , and at the ...
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... fact committed . 23. It is a general assumption of law , that a person acting in a public capacity is duly authorized to do so . 24. Law of Robbery . — If , in the course of a robbery , a wound is inflicted upon the party robbed , by ...
... fact committed . 23. It is a general assumption of law , that a person acting in a public capacity is duly authorized to do so . 24. Law of Robbery . — If , in the course of a robbery , a wound is inflicted upon the party robbed , by ...
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... fact ; and , at twenty is as complete an incorporation of concentrated selfishness as the eye could dwell upon . Principle ! what knows he about it , or what can he know he is a stranger to the word and the thing . Natural affection ...
... fact ; and , at twenty is as complete an incorporation of concentrated selfishness as the eye could dwell upon . Principle ! what knows he about it , or what can he know he is a stranger to the word and the thing . Natural affection ...
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... fact , that only 42 come from the numerous class of the well - instructed . In England , out of the 27,760 , the numbers ( deducting 629 not ascertained ) are- who could neither read nor write , 7,312 males and 1,908 females ( 9,220 ) ...
... fact , that only 42 come from the numerous class of the well - instructed . In England , out of the 27,760 , the numbers ( deducting 629 not ascertained ) are- who could neither read nor write , 7,312 males and 1,908 females ( 9,220 ) ...
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Page 168 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 141 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.