 ... there is no border-land with him. You cannot hover with him upon the confines of truth, or wander in the maze of a probable argument. He always keeps the path. You cannot make excursions with him, for he sets you right. His taste never fluctuates....  The Dublin university magazine - Page 97by University magazine - 1855Full view - About this book
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...for he sets you right. His taste never fluctuates. His morality never abates. He cannot compromise, or understand middle actions. There can be but a right...enemy's country. " A healthy book !"- — said one of liis countrymen to me, who had ventured to give that appellation to John Buncle,— " did 1 catch rightly... | |
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