most philosophic

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"I agree," said I. The dressing hour is the calmest and most philosophic period of the day.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

Big Jack Skinner, the oldest and most philosophic of the party—a lean, sandy-haired giant—sat in a rocking chair he had contrived from a barrel and stared into the fire with a sullen composure.

From The Huntress by Footner, Hulbert

Human companionship, even of the loftiest, most philosophic, most gracious, would, for the time being, have jarred and ruffled his naturally equable spirit.

From Pearl of Pearl Island by Oxenham, John

Burke, the greatest and most philosophic of English statesmen, was so largely because of his mystic spirit and imagination.

From Mysticism in English Literature by Spurgeon, Caroline F. E.

It is most philosophic when most enthusiastic, the clearest light of its wisdom being shed from the keenest fire of its love.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert