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" ... paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will, - to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel... "
The temperance daily text book, compiled by J.W. Kirton - Page 21
by Temperance daily text book - 1883
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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...what a dreary thing it is, when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will, — to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanating from himself; to perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet...
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The London Magazine, Volume 6

1822 - 694 pages
...what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will, — to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanating from himself; to perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 27

1822 - 582 pages
...what a dreary thing it is, when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will, — to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanating from himself; to perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet...
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Quarterly Review, Volumes 27-28

1822 - 1148 pages
...it is, when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will,—to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanating from himself; to perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet...
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Saturday night

Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will — to see his destruction, and have...yet feel it all the way emanating from himself; to perceive all goodnes# emptied out of him, and yet not be able to forget a time when it was otherwise...
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The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History ..., Volume 1

William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 pages
...thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will—to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it,...yet feel it all the way emanating from himself; to feel all the goodness emptied out of him, and yet not be able to forget a time when it was otherwise;...
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Elia: Essays which Have Appeared Under that Signature in the London Magazine

Charles Lamb - 1828 - 266 pages
...thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will—to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanating from himself; to perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet...
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The Souvenir

1927 - 458 pages
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Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text Book for ...

Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1832 - 610 pages
...what a dreary thing it is, when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will, — to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanating from himself; to perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 432 pages
...what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will — to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanating from himself; to perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet...
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