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Soon after Carlyle's death reference was made in Jowett's presence to Proctor's speculation that it was not impossible that about the year 1897 a comet might strike the sun and raise its temperature just sufficiently to cause the destruction of all animal life on the earth.
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(To make the "righteous" and the "good" man here to mean the same person, and the whole sense to be that "though rare, the case may occur, of one making a sacrifice of life for a worthy character" [as Calvin, Beza, Fritzsche, Jowett], is extremely flat.) 8.
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Figures such as Jowett and Caird, and others in the Church of England
My Recycled Soul 2009
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In my time the name "Jowett" only represented the brilliant translator of Plato, and the deservedly loved master of Balliol, whose sermons in the little
The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Stuart Dodgson Collingwood 1903
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Dr. Carlyle, when he was staying at Humbie in August, 1859, had offered him the loan of one of Jowett's books, and his reply was 'Jowett' [i.e. his books] has no charms for me.
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As the great saws in the mills, for which he had secured the capital, throwing off the spray of mangled wood, hummed and buzzed and sang, his mouth twisted in the droll smile it always wore when he talked with such as Jowett and Osterhaut, whose idiosyncrasies were like a meal to him; as he described it once to some of the big men from the East who had been behind his schemes, yet who cavilled at his ways.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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As the great saws in the mills, for which he had secured the capital, throwing off the spray of mangled wood, hummed and buzzed and sang, his mouth twisted in the droll smile it always wore when he talked with such as Jowett and Osterhaut, whose idiosyncrasies were like a meal to him; as he described it once to some of the big men from the East who had been behind his schemes, yet who cavilled at his ways.
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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As the great saws in the mills, for which he had secured the capital, throwing off the spray of mangled wood, hummed and buzzed and sang, his mouth twisted in the droll smile it always wore when he talked with such as Jowett and Osterhaut, whose idiosyncrasies were like a meal to him; as he described it once to some of the big men from the East who had been behind his schemes, yet who cavilled at his ways.
The World for Sale, Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Apparently, some MP mentioned some footballer in the Commons the other day, or something, begins Andy Jowett.
The Knowledge | Football teams for religion | Barry Glendenning 2011
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So when Jacob Jowett developed a cold in February 2001, his parents weren't overly alarmed.
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