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pace with it in shrill , cluttering accents , negligent of his person , his dress , and
his manner , intent only on his grand theme of UTILITY — or pausing , perhaps ,
for want of breath and with lack - lustre eye to point out to the stranger a stone in ...
pace with it in shrill , cluttering accents , negligent of his person , his dress , and
his manner , intent only on his grand theme of UTILITY — or pausing , perhaps ,
for want of breath and with lack - lustre eye to point out to the stranger a stone in ...
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... the subjects of which he treats , in a masterly and scientific manner ; but we
should find a difficulty in adducing from his different works ( however elaborate or
closely reasoned ) any new element of thought , or even a new fact or illustration .
... the subjects of which he treats , in a masterly and scientific manner ; but we
should find a difficulty in adducing from his different works ( however elaborate or
closely reasoned ) any new element of thought , or even a new fact or illustration .
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There is a technicality of manner , which renders his writings of more value to the
professional inquirer than to the general reader . Again , his style is unpopular ,
not to say unintelligible . He writes a language of his own , that darkens ...
There is a technicality of manner , which renders his writings of more value to the
professional inquirer than to the general reader . Again , his style is unpopular ,
not to say unintelligible . He writes a language of his own , that darkens ...
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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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The artificial helps and checks to moral conduct were set aside as spurious and
unnecessary , and we came at once to the grand and simple question - - " In what
manner we could best contribute to the greatest possible * Shaftesbury made ...
The artificial helps and checks to moral conduct were set aside as spurious and
unnecessary , and we came at once to the grand and simple question - - " In what
manner we could best contribute to the greatest possible * Shaftesbury made ...
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