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Mr . Bentham , in his attempts to revise and amend our criminal jurisprudence ,
proceeds entirely on his favourite principle of Utility . Convince highwaymen and
house - breakers that it will be for their interest to reform , and they will reform and
...
Mr . Bentham , in his attempts to revise and amend our criminal jurisprudence ,
proceeds entirely on his favourite principle of Utility . Convince highwaymen and
house - breakers that it will be for their interest to reform , and they will reform and
...
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You tell a person of this stamp what is his interest ; he says he does not care
about his interest , or the world and he differ on that particular . But there is one
point on which he must agree with them , namely , what they think of his conduct ,
and ...
You tell a person of this stamp what is his interest ; he says he does not care
about his interest , or the world and he differ on that particular . But there is one
point on which he must agree with them , namely , what they think of his conduct ,
and ...
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... Reason , which at a distance and in stately supposition shone like the palaces
of the New Jerusalem , might ( when placed on actual ground ) be broken up into
the sordid styes of sensuality , and the petty huckster ' s shops of self - interest !
... Reason , which at a distance and in stately supposition shone like the palaces
of the New Jerusalem , might ( when placed on actual ground ) be broken up into
the sordid styes of sensuality , and the petty huckster ' s shops of self - interest !
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... jealous ambition , struggling with agonized remorse ; and the hapless but
noble - minded Falkland at length falls a martyr to the persecution of that morbid
and overpowering interest , of which his mingled virtues and vices have rendered
him ...
... jealous ambition , struggling with agonized remorse ; and the hapless but
noble - minded Falkland at length falls a martyr to the persecution of that morbid
and overpowering interest , of which his mingled virtues and vices have rendered
him ...
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This is the case also with the story of St . Leon , which , with less dramatic interest
and intensity of purpose , is set off by a more gorgeous and flowing eloquence ,
and by a crown of preternatural imagery , that waves over it like a palmtree !
This is the case also with the story of St . Leon , which , with less dramatic interest
and intensity of purpose , is set off by a more gorgeous and flowing eloquence ,
and by a crown of preternatural imagery , that waves over it like a palmtree !
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