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Let us not , however , be getting on too fast - Milton himself taught school ! There
is something not altogether dissimilar between Mr . Bentham ' s appearance , and
the portraits of Milton , the same silvery tone , a few dishevelled hairs , a ...
Let us not , however , be getting on too fast - Milton himself taught school ! There
is something not altogether dissimilar between Mr . Bentham ' s appearance , and
the portraits of Milton , the same silvery tone , a few dishevelled hairs , a ...
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... of the Good Samaritan into its most rigid and repulsive consequences with a
pen of steel , and let fall his “ trenchant blade ” on every vulnerable . point of
human infirmity ; but there is a want in his system of the mild and persuasive tone
of the ...
... of the Good Samaritan into its most rigid and repulsive consequences with a
pen of steel , and let fall his “ trenchant blade ” on every vulnerable . point of
human infirmity ; but there is a want in his system of the mild and persuasive tone
of the ...
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He has neither acuteness of remark , nor a flow of language , both which might
be expected from his writings , as these are no less distinguished by a sustained
and impassioned tone of declamation than by novelty of opinion or brilliant tracks
...
He has neither acuteness of remark , nor a flow of language , both which might
be expected from his writings , as these are no less distinguished by a sustained
and impassioned tone of declamation than by novelty of opinion or brilliant tracks
...
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To hear a person spout Shakspeare on the stage is nothing - - the charm is
nearly worn out - but to hear any one spout Shakspeare ( and that not in a
sneaking under - tone , but at the top of his voice , and with the full breadth of his
chest ) from ...
To hear a person spout Shakspeare on the stage is nothing - - the charm is
nearly worn out - but to hear any one spout Shakspeare ( and that not in a
sneaking under - tone , but at the top of his voice , and with the full breadth of his
chest ) from ...
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To whichever cause we are to attribute this hyperbolical tone , we hold it certain
he could not have adopted it , if he had been a little man . But his imposing figure
and dignified manner enable him to hazard sentiments or assertions that would ...
To whichever cause we are to attribute this hyperbolical tone , we hold it certain
he could not have adopted it , if he had been a little man . But his imposing figure
and dignified manner enable him to hazard sentiments or assertions that would ...
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