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Nor do we think , in point of fact , that Mr . Bentham has given any new or decided
impulse to the human mind . He cannot be looked upon in the light of a
discoverer in legislation or morals . He has not struck out any great leading
principle or ...
Nor do we think , in point of fact , that Mr . Bentham has given any new or decided
impulse to the human mind . He cannot be looked upon in the light of a
discoverer in legislation or morals . He has not struck out any great leading
principle or ...
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... or atoned for it by incessant activity of mind and by accumulated stores of
thought and powers of language . In fact , his forte is not the spontaneous , but
the voluntary exercise of talent . He fixes his ambition on a 54 THE SPIRIT or THE
AGE .
... or atoned for it by incessant activity of mind and by accumulated stores of
thought and powers of language . In fact , his forte is not the spontaneous , but
the voluntary exercise of talent . He fixes his ambition on a 54 THE SPIRIT or THE
AGE .
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... witness this sort of onslaught - like a charge of cavalry , the shock , and the
resistance . Mr . Irving has , in fact , without leave asked or a licence granted ,
converted the Caledonian Chapel into a Westminster Forum or Debating Society
, with ...
... witness this sort of onslaught - like a charge of cavalry , the shock , and the
resistance . Mr . Irving has , in fact , without leave asked or a licence granted ,
converted the Caledonian Chapel into a Westminster Forum or Debating Society
, with ...
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Junius , after bringing a hasty charge against him , has not a single fact to adduce
in support of it ; but keeps his ground and fairly beats his adversary out of the field
by the mere force of style . One would think that “ Parson Horne ” knew who ...
Junius , after bringing a hasty charge against him , has not a single fact to adduce
in support of it ; but keeps his ground and fairly beats his adversary out of the field
by the mere force of style . One would think that “ Parson Horne ” knew who ...
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... manner that all the other mystical and hitherto unintelligible parts of speech are
derived from the only two intelligible ones , the Verb and Noun . “ I affirm that gold
is yellow , ” that is , “ I affirm that fact , or that proposition , viz . gold is yellow .
... manner that all the other mystical and hitherto unintelligible parts of speech are
derived from the only two intelligible ones , the Verb and Noun . “ I affirm that gold
is yellow , ” that is , “ I affirm that fact , or that proposition , viz . gold is yellow .
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