The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits |
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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 ...
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 ...
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He has methodised , collated , and condensed all the materials prepared to his hand on the subjects of which he treats , in a masterly and scientific manner ; but we should find a difficulty in adducing from his different works ...
He has methodised , collated , and condensed all the materials prepared to his hand on the subjects of which he treats , in a masterly and scientific manner ; but we should find a difficulty in adducing from his different works ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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... of the 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 case .
... of the 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 case .
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The overstrained and ridiculous pretensions of monks and ascetics were never thought to justify a return to unbridled licence of manners , or the throwing aside of all decency . The hypocrisy , cruelty , and fanaticism , often attendant ...
The overstrained and ridiculous pretensions of monks and ascetics were never thought to justify a return to unbridled licence of manners , or the throwing aside of all decency . The hypocrisy , cruelty , and fanaticism , often attendant ...
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