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Dip it in the ocean , ” said the perruquier , “ and it will stand ! " But we doubt the
durability of our projector ' s patchwork . Will our convert to the great principle of
Utility work when he is from under Mr . Bentham ' s eye , because he was forced
to ...
Dip it in the ocean , ” said the perruquier , “ and it will stand ! " But we doubt the
durability of our projector ' s patchwork . Will our convert to the great principle of
Utility work when he is from under Mr . Bentham ' s eye , because he was forced
to ...
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... religion sanctions . If with the utmost stretch of reason , man cannot ( as some
seemed inclined to suppose ) soar up to the God , and quit the ground of human
frailty , yet , stripped wholly of it , he sinks at once into the brute . If it cannot stand
...
... religion sanctions . If with the utmost stretch of reason , man cannot ( as some
seemed inclined to suppose ) soar up to the God , and quit the ground of human
frailty , yet , stripped wholly of it , he sinks at once into the brute . If it cannot stand
...
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... descants , but the critic seems to stand above the author , and as what in him is
weak , to strengthen , what is low , to raise and support : " nor is there any work of
genius that MR . COLERIDGE . 63.
... descants , but the critic seems to stand above the author , and as what in him is
weak , to strengthen , what is low , to raise and support : " nor is there any work of
genius that MR . COLERIDGE . 63.
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... the Lifeguards ' man , stand up in a strait - laced old . fashioned pulpit , and
bandy dialectics with modern philosophers or give a cross - buttock to a cabinet
minister , there is something in a sight like this also , that is a cure for sore eyes .
... the Lifeguards ' man , stand up in a strait - laced old . fashioned pulpit , and
bandy dialectics with modern philosophers or give a cross - buttock to a cabinet
minister , there is something in a sight like this also , that is a cure for sore eyes .
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He had here to stand merely on the defensive — not to advance himself , but to
block up the way — not to impress others , but to be himself impenetrable . All he
wanted was negative success ; and to this no one was better qualified to aspire .
He had here to stand merely on the defensive — not to advance himself , but to
block up the way — not to impress others , but to be himself impenetrable . All he
wanted was negative success ; and to this no one was better qualified to aspire .
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