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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... never turned its edge , except on the false or the vile for admirable sense applied to the business of life - and for that enlightened Christian spirit which rose without affectation to the loftiest piety , and to the noblest lessons of ...
... never turned its edge , except on the false or the vile for admirable sense applied to the business of life - and for that enlightened Christian spirit which rose without affectation to the loftiest piety , and to the noblest lessons of ...
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... never breathed his caller air , nor lived and suffered under the rigour of his climate , nor spent five years in discussing metaphysics and medicine in that garret of the earth — that knuckle - end of England - that land of Calvin , oat ...
... never breathed his caller air , nor lived and suffered under the rigour of his climate , nor spent five years in discussing metaphysics and medicine in that garret of the earth — that knuckle - end of England - that land of Calvin , oat ...
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... contain within itself too many of that species of repre- sentatives , who could never have arrived at the dignity under a pure and perfect system of election ; but , for all DIVISION OF POWER - AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS . 11 the practical.
... contain within itself too many of that species of repre- sentatives , who could never have arrived at the dignity under a pure and perfect system of election ; but , for all DIVISION OF POWER - AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS . 11 the practical.
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... population amounts only to six millions , and it is not condensed in such masses as the population of Europe . After all , an experiment of twenty years is never to be cited in 12 SALIC LAW - LIFE PEERAGES . politics ; nothing.
... population amounts only to six millions , and it is not condensed in such masses as the population of Europe . After all , an experiment of twenty years is never to be cited in 12 SALIC LAW - LIFE PEERAGES . politics ; nothing.
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... never has fixed , and never can fix it . He is unquestionably justified in receiving any price he can obtain : for it happens very beautifully , that the effect of his efforts to better his fortune is as beneficial to the public , as if ...
... never has fixed , and never can fix it . He is unquestionably justified in receiving any price he can obtain : for it happens very beautifully , that the effect of his efforts to better his fortune is as beneficial to the public , as if ...
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