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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... existence , which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review . MODERN IMPROVEMENTS . " The good of ancient times let ...
... existence , which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review . MODERN IMPROVEMENTS . " The good of ancient times let ...
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... existence , that they should live under the simplicity and convenience of despotism— such modified despotism ( we mean ) as a British House of Commons will permit , in the governors of their dis- tant colonies . [ E . R. 1823. ] CEYLON ...
... existence , that they should live under the simplicity and convenience of despotism— such modified despotism ( we mean ) as a British House of Commons will permit , in the governors of their dis- tant colonies . [ E . R. 1823. ] CEYLON ...
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... existence to double - barrelled guns and persecu- tions of poachers — and all the benefits derived from his wealth , industry , and personal exertion in the cause of science , would have been lost to the com- munity .— [ E . R. 1826 ...
... existence to double - barrelled guns and persecu- tions of poachers — and all the benefits derived from his wealth , industry , and personal exertion in the cause of science , would have been lost to the com- munity .— [ E . R. 1826 ...
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... existence you are wounded by some piece of animal life that nobody has ever seen before , except Swammerdam and Meriam . An insect with eleven legs is swimming in your teacup , a nondescript with nine wings is struggling in the small ...
... existence you are wounded by some piece of animal life that nobody has ever seen before , except Swammerdam and Meriam . An insect with eleven legs is swimming in your teacup , a nondescript with nine wings is struggling in the small ...
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... existence of slavery in America is an atrocious crime , with which no measure can be kept for which her situation affords no sort of apology - which makes liberty itself dis- trusted , and the boast of it disgusting .- [ E . R. 1818 ...
... existence of slavery in America is an atrocious crime , with which no measure can be kept for which her situation affords no sort of apology - which makes liberty itself dis- trusted , and the boast of it disgusting .- [ E . R. 1818 ...
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