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When any one calls upon him , he invites them to take a turn round his garden
with him ( Mr . Bentham is an economist of his time , and sets apart this portion of
it to air and exercise ) — and there you may see the lively old man , his mind still
...
When any one calls upon him , he invites them to take a turn round his garden
with him ( Mr . Bentham is an economist of his time , and sets apart this portion of
it to air and exercise ) — and there you may see the lively old man , his mind still
...
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... placid intelligence , instead of a lynx - eyed watchfulness , as if it wished to
make others its prey , or was afraid they might turn and rend him ; he is a
beneficent spirit , prying into the universe , not lording it over it ; a thoughtful
spectator of the ...
... placid intelligence , instead of a lynx - eyed watchfulness , as if it wished to
make others its prey , or was afraid they might turn and rend him ; he is a
beneficent spirit , prying into the universe , not lording it over it ; a thoughtful
spectator of the ...
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... in the trenches , the peasant hedges and ditches , or the mechanic plies his
ceaseless task , because the one will not be called a coward , the other a rogue :
but let the one turn deserter and the other vagabond , and there is an end of him .
... in the trenches , the peasant hedges and ditches , or the mechanic plies his
ceaseless task , because the one will not be called a coward , the other a rogue :
but let the one turn deserter and the other vagabond , and there is an end of him .
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He turns wooden utensils in a lathe for exercise , and fancies he can turn men in
the same manner . He has no great fondness for poetry , and can hardly extract a
moral out of Shakespear . His house is warmed and lighted by steam .
He turns wooden utensils in a lathe for exercise , and fancies he can turn men in
the same manner . He has no great fondness for poetry , and can hardly extract a
moral out of Shakespear . His house is warmed and lighted by steam .
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... with leisure to write quartos : as the legal acuteness displayed in his Remarks
on Judge Eyre ' s Charge to the Jury would have raised any briefless barrister to
the height of his profession . This temporary effusion did more — it gave a turn to
...
... with leisure to write quartos : as the legal acuteness displayed in his Remarks
on Judge Eyre ' s Charge to the Jury would have raised any briefless barrister to
the height of his profession . This temporary effusion did more — it gave a turn to
...
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