most philosophic

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It was a most philosophic and jesuitical motorman.

From Sister Carrie: a Novel by Dreiser, Theodore

Fashions often create deformities, and are therefore worthy of most philosophic consideration, especially when we know that the effects of these deformities may be transmitted.

From What a Young Woman Ought to Know by Wood-Allen, Mary

Though Gershom would have scorned philosophy had he ever heard of it, he was well grounded in that practical knowledge of human perversity from which all philosophers and most philosophic systems have sprung.

From One Man in His Time by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

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

A faithful and loyal staff officer was Horton, but one of the most philosophic, if not phlegmatic, souls in the service.

From Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest by King, Charles