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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Mr. Bentham , perhaps , over - rates the importance of his own theories . He has been heard to say ( without any appearance of pride or affectation ) that “ he should like to live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at ...
Mr. Bentham , perhaps , over - rates the importance of his own theories . He has been heard to say ( without any appearance of pride or affectation ) that “ he should like to live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at ...
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Perhaps the weak side of his conclusions also is , that he has carried this single view of his subject too far , and not made sufficient allowance for the varieties of human nature , and the caprices and irregularities of the human will ...
Perhaps the weak side of his conclusions also is , that he has carried this single view of his subject too far , and not made sufficient allowance for the varieties of human nature , and the caprices and irregularities of the human will ...
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Perhaps the Ordinary of Newgate bids as fair for this office as any one . What should Mr. Bentham , sitting at ease in his arm - chair , composing his mind before he begins to write by a prelude on the organ , and looking out at a ...
Perhaps the Ordinary of Newgate bids as fair for this office as any one . What should Mr. Bentham , sitting at ease in his arm - chair , composing his mind before he begins to write by a prelude on the organ , and looking out at a ...
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In proportion as we strengthen and expand this principle , and bring our affections and subordinate , but perhaps more powerful motives of action into harmony with it , it will not admit of a doubt that we advance to the goal of ...
In proportion as we strengthen and expand this principle , and bring our affections and subordinate , but perhaps more powerful motives of action into harmony with it , it will not admit of a doubt that we advance to the goal of ...
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