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seriously proposed. Inexpressive in its originalorigin
it wo The faint marks of expressiveness it New principle would
LIke New kno or
New Inn
bears at the hour of its birth would be wearing
out every day: it was thrown out at the moment only in
allusion to an expression which the founder
of the makes use of sometimes for clearness<add>society employs</add> club has caught, and to a little book
which he has been heard deservedly to recommend.
Another form though mostvery seriously employ'd
in French, was not never seriously proposed
in English. Virgin eyes decry inas
distant obscurity behind a cloud<add>through a veil</add> and metaphysical ones in
detail as beneath a microscope<add>exhaustive<add>minute</add></add> the profanation, it would be exposed
in the impure hands of scoffers certain captains
lawyers and other scoffers. by makers or
profession.
The Society whatever be its name, met
as was intended. To estimate its respectability
we must not look to its numbers. Five
including the founder, and of them one was
an interloper. The patriarch Dr. P. was
at one time proposed to be invited. Invited or How it
not he was not there happened, I did not happen to learn; whether notforgot to he<add>invited</add> forgotten
Identifier: | JB/169/158/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 169.
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [lion with crown motif]]] |
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letter 687, vol. 4 |
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