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... comforts of which our fathers never dreamed are become either cheaply attainable luxuries , or are considered bare necessities of existence ; and we are so used to our accumulat- ing blessings , that we have never been seriously ...
... comforts of which our fathers never dreamed are become either cheaply attainable luxuries , or are considered bare necessities of existence ; and we are so used to our accumulat- ing blessings , that we have never been seriously ...
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... comforts . It was by no means cheap , for it cost some four hundred pounds ; but for one who could afford the price it was well worth the money . It was furnished with the thoughtful care that came of that long experience which we ...
... comforts . It was by no means cheap , for it cost some four hundred pounds ; but for one who could afford the price it was well worth the money . It was furnished with the thoughtful care that came of that long experience which we ...
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... comforts offered by the great lines , which have stimulated excessive emigration ; which have relieved starving Ireland of its super- abundant population ; and which , at the same time , have done much to complicate the Irish question ...
... comforts offered by the great lines , which have stimulated excessive emigration ; which have relieved starving Ireland of its super- abundant population ; and which , at the same time , have done much to complicate the Irish question ...
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... comfort , with a proportion- ate commodiousness of accommodation ; although , of course , they were comfortless enough when steam communications were in their infancy . When there were already regular steamers de- parting from the Tower ...
... comfort , with a proportion- ate commodiousness of accommodation ; although , of course , they were comfortless enough when steam communications were in their infancy . When there were already regular steamers de- parting from the Tower ...
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... comforts , but limiting their intercourse with the strangers without their gates to an occasional visit from a pedlar or the tax - gatherer . They kept so hard a grip upon their gear , that the tax - gatherer wrung the taxes from them ...
... comforts , but limiting their intercourse with the strangers without their gates to an occasional visit from a pedlar or the tax - gatherer . They kept so hard a grip upon their gear , that the tax - gatherer wrung the taxes from them ...
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