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Dip it in the ocean , " said the perruquier , " and it will stand ! " But we doubt the
durability of our projector ' s patchwork . Will our convert to the great principle of
Utility work when he is from under Mr . Bentham ' s eye , because he was forced
to ...
Dip it in the ocean , " said the perruquier , " and it will stand ! " But we doubt the
durability of our projector ' s patchwork . Will our convert to the great principle of
Utility work when he is from under Mr . Bentham ' s eye , because he was forced
to ...
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If with the utmost stretch of reason , man cannot ( as some seemed inclined to
suppose ) soar up to the God , and quit the ground of human frailty , yet , stripped
wholly of it , he sinks at once into the brute . If it cannot stand alone , in its ...
If with the utmost stretch of reason , man cannot ( as some seemed inclined to
suppose ) soar up to the God , and quit the ground of human frailty , yet , stripped
wholly of it , he sinks at once into the brute . If it cannot stand alone , in its ...
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... critic seems to stand above the author , and “ what in him is weak , to
strengthen , what is low , to raise and support : " nor is there any work of genius
that MR . COLERIDGE . 63.
... critic seems to stand above the author , and “ what in him is weak , to
strengthen , what is low , to raise and support : " nor is there any work of genius
that MR . COLERIDGE . 63.
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... Shaw the Lifeguards ' man , stand up in a strait - laced oldfashioned pulpit ,
and bandy dialectics with modern philosophers or give a cross - buttock to a
cabinet minister , there is something in a sight like this also , that is a cure for sore
eyes .
... Shaw the Lifeguards ' man , stand up in a strait - laced oldfashioned pulpit ,
and bandy dialectics with modern philosophers or give a cross - buttock to a
cabinet minister , there is something in a sight like this also , that is a cure for sore
eyes .
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He had here to stand merely on the defensive - not to advance himself , but to
block up the way — not to impress others , but to be himself impenetrable . All he
wanted was negative success ; and to this no one was better qualified to aspire .
He had here to stand merely on the defensive - not to advance himself , but to
block up the way — not to impress others , but to be himself impenetrable . All he
wanted was negative success ; and to this no one was better qualified to aspire .
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