The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-09 00:00:00

REVISIT OF TEO AI E.

La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are
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Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the
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—United Kingdom Magazine. _ _ _

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