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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... political rogue ; prebendaries , deans , bishops made over your head ; reverend renegades advanced to the highest dignities of the Church , for helping to rivet the fetters of Catholic and Protestant Dissenters ; and no more chance of a ...
... political rogue ; prebendaries , deans , bishops made over your head ; reverend renegades advanced to the highest dignities of the Church , for helping to rivet the fetters of Catholic and Protestant Dissenters ; and no more chance of a ...
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... Political Economy were little understood - the Law of Debt and of Conspiracy were upon the worst possible footing - the enormous wickedness of the Slave Trade was tolerated - a thousand evils were in existence , which the talents of ...
... Political Economy were little understood - the Law of Debt and of Conspiracy were upon the worst possible footing - the enormous wickedness of the Slave Trade was tolerated - a thousand evils were in existence , which the talents of ...
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... political constitution ; that they have to experience all the danger and all the in- convenience which result from the rashness and the imperfect views of legislators , who have everything to conjecture , and everything to create ; that ...
... political constitution ; that they have to experience all the danger and all the in- convenience which result from the rashness and the imperfect views of legislators , who have everything to conjecture , and everything to create ; that ...
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... the greatest peril . [ E . R. 1803. ] POLITICAL EXPERIENCE . To call upon a nation , on a sudden , totally destitute of such knowledge and experience , to perform all the " OBSTACLES TO FREEDOM . 9 manifold functions of a free.
... the greatest peril . [ E . R. 1803. ] POLITICAL EXPERIENCE . To call upon a nation , on a sudden , totally destitute of such knowledge and experience , to perform all the " OBSTACLES TO FREEDOM . 9 manifold functions of a free.
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... political liberty is the spirit of the people and the only circumstance which makes a lively impression upon their senses , and powerfully re- minds them of their importance , their power , and their rights , is the periodical choice of ...
... political liberty is the spirit of the people and the only circumstance which makes a lively impression upon their senses , and powerfully re- minds them of their importance , their power , and their rights , is the periodical choice of ...
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