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... idea of which is a source of satisfac- tion . All pleasure is not , therefore ( morally speaking ) equally a good : for all pleasure does not equally bear reflecting on . There are some tastes that are sweet in the mouth and bitter in ...
... idea of which is a source of satisfac- tion . All pleasure is not , therefore ( morally speaking ) equally a good : for all pleasure does not equally bear reflecting on . There are some tastes that are sweet in the mouth and bitter in ...
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... idea , know of the principles of action of rogues , outlaws , and vagabonds ? No more than Montaigne of the motions of his cat ! If sanguine and tender - hearted philanthropists have set on foot an inquiry into the barbarity and the ...
... idea , know of the principles of action of rogues , outlaws , and vagabonds ? No more than Montaigne of the motions of his cat ! If sanguine and tender - hearted philanthropists have set on foot an inquiry into the barbarity and the ...
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... idea of honesty ) " is to be one man picked out of ten thousand ! " Mr. Bentham relieves his mind sometimes , after the fatigue of study , by play- ing on a fine old organ , and has a relish for Hogarth's prints . He turns wooden ...
... idea of honesty ) " is to be one man picked out of ten thousand ! " Mr. Bentham relieves his mind sometimes , after the fatigue of study , by play- ing on a fine old organ , and has a relish for Hogarth's prints . He turns wooden ...
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... ideas . Or , in the words of a con- temporary writer , " Reason is the queen of the moral world , the soul of the universe , the lamp of human life , the pillar of society , the foundation of law , 32 The Spirit of the Age .
... ideas . Or , in the words of a con- temporary writer , " Reason is the queen of the moral world , the soul of the universe , the lamp of human life , the pillar of society , the foundation of law , 32 The Spirit of the Age .
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... idea or exclusive view of a subject , aggrandises a sentiment , exaggerates a character , or pushes an argument to extremes , and makes up by the force of style and conti- nuity of feeling for what he wants in variety of incident or ...
... idea or exclusive view of a subject , aggrandises a sentiment , exaggerates a character , or pushes an argument to extremes , and makes up by the force of style and conti- nuity of feeling for what he wants in variety of incident or ...
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Page 307 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 226 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Page 114 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 247 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 226 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
Page 46 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.