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Page 74
... tion was not thought seemly for the patrician . A sophisticated gentleman , as accustomed to London as to his plantation , Byrd always seemed to be amused at the goings - on in the American South and found that they offered fine ...
... tion was not thought seemly for the patrician . A sophisticated gentleman , as accustomed to London as to his plantation , Byrd always seemed to be amused at the goings - on in the American South and found that they offered fine ...
Page 111
... tion . 13. Humility . - Imitate Jesus and Socrates . My intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues , I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once , but to fix it on one of them ...
... tion . 13. Humility . - Imitate Jesus and Socrates . My intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues , I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once , but to fix it on one of them ...
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... tion that leaden , self - balanced and perfectly mod- ulated guttural utterance - which may be observed in the lost drunkard , or the irreclaimable eater of opium , during the periods of his most intense excitement . It was thus that he ...
... tion that leaden , self - balanced and perfectly mod- ulated guttural utterance - which may be observed in the lost drunkard , or the irreclaimable eater of opium , during the periods of his most intense excitement . It was thus that he ...
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