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There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.
There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.
Approximate author period: c. 1830 AD · industrial
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- Douglas Jerrold
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- Approximate author period: c. 1830 AD · industrial
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Religion · anthology attribution: Douglas Jerrold
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