The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and ConversationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 355 oldal |
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... ENGLAND IN 1802 . FROM the beginning of the century ( about which time the Review began ) , to the death of Lord Liverpool , was an awful period for those who ventured to maintain liberal opinions ; and who were too honest to sell them ...
... ENGLAND IN 1802 . FROM the beginning of the century ( about which time the Review began ) , to the death of Lord Liverpool , was an awful period for those who ventured to maintain liberal opinions ; and who were too honest to sell them ...
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... ENGLAND IN 1802 . for the ermine of the judge , or the lawn of the prelate . A long and hopeless career in your profession , the chuckling grin of noodles , the sarcastic leer of the genuine political rogue ; prebendaries , deans ...
... ENGLAND IN 1802 . for the ermine of the judge , or the lawn of the prelate . A long and hopeless career in your profession , the chuckling grin of noodles , the sarcastic leer of the genuine political rogue ; prebendaries , deans ...
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... England since I first began to breathe in it the breath of life — a period amounting now to nearly seventy - three years . Gas was unknown : I groped about the streets of London in all but the utter darkness of a twinkling oil lamp ...
... England since I first began to breathe in it the breath of life — a period amounting now to nearly seventy - three years . Gas was unknown : I groped about the streets of London in all but the utter darkness of a twinkling oil lamp ...
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... , and thick ankles . My Scotch servants bargained they were not to have salmon more than three times a week , and always pulled off their stockings , in spite of my repeated ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN 1798 . objurgations , the moment.
... , and thick ankles . My Scotch servants bargained they were not to have salmon more than three times a week , and always pulled off their stockings , in spite of my repeated ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN 1798 . objurgations , the moment.
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... England - that land of Calvin , oat - cakes , and sul- phur .- [ Memoir . ] ANIMOSITY OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN 1798 . I NOW consider the war between France and England no longer as an occasional quarrel or temporary dispute , but as an ...
... England - that land of Calvin , oat - cakes , and sul- phur .- [ Memoir . ] ANIMOSITY OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN 1798 . I NOW consider the war between France and England no longer as an occasional quarrel or temporary dispute , but as an ...
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