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His admirable little work On Usury , published forty years ago , is clear , easy , and vigorous . But Mr. Bentham has shut himself up since then “ in nook monastic , ” conversing only with followers of his ...
His admirable little work On Usury , published forty years ago , is clear , easy , and vigorous . But Mr. Bentham has shut himself up since then “ in nook monastic , ” conversing only with followers of his ...
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Mr. Godwin's definition of morals was the same as the admired one of law , reason without passion ; but with the unlimited scope of private opinion , and in a boundless field of speculation ( for nothing less would satisfy the ...
Mr. Godwin's definition of morals was the same as the admired one of law , reason without passion ; but with the unlimited scope of private opinion , and in a boundless field of speculation ( for nothing less would satisfy the ...
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It is not merely that these novels are very well for a philosopher to have produced — they are admirable and complete in themselves , and would not lead you to suppose that the author , who is so entirely at home in human character and ...
It is not merely that these novels are very well for a philosopher to have produced — they are admirable and complete in themselves , and would not lead you to suppose that the author , who is so entirely at home in human character and ...
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This necessary defect is observable in his best works , and is still more so in Fleetwood and Mandeville ; the one of which , compared with his more admired performances , is mawkish , and the other morbid .
This necessary defect is observable in his best works , and is still more so in Fleetwood and Mandeville ; the one of which , compared with his more admired performances , is mawkish , and the other morbid .
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Mr. Fawcett ( an old friend and fellow - student of our author , and who always spoke of his writings with admiration , tinctured with wonder ) used to mention a circumstance with respect to the last - mentioned work , which may throw ...
Mr. Fawcett ( an old friend and fellow - student of our author , and who always spoke of his writings with admiration , tinctured with wonder ) used to mention a circumstance with respect to the last - mentioned work , which may throw ...
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