The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and Conversation |
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Yet , though narrowness of territory , purity of morals , and recent escape from despotism , appear to be the circumstances which most strongly recommend a republic , M. Necker proposes it to the most numerous and the most profligate ...
Yet , though narrowness of territory , purity of morals , and recent escape from despotism , appear to be the circumstances which most strongly recommend a republic , M. Necker proposes it to the most numerous and the most profligate ...
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THE partial creation of peers for life only , would appear to remedy a very material defect in the English constitution . An hereditary legislative aristocracy not only adds to the dignity of the throne , and establishes that gradation ...
THE partial creation of peers for life only , would appear to remedy a very material defect in the English constitution . An hereditary legislative aristocracy not only adds to the dignity of the throne , and establishes that gradation ...
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After the manner of his wig , the Doctor has constructed his sermon , giving us a discourse of no common length , and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes , which appear to concern every learned thing , every learned man ...
After the manner of his wig , the Doctor has constructed his sermon , giving us a discourse of no common length , and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes , which appear to concern every learned thing , every learned man ...
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In public audiences he appears like a great fool , squatting on his hams ; far surpassing gingerbread in splendour ; and , after asking some such idiotical question , as whether Europe is in Asia or Africa , retires with a flourish of ...
In public audiences he appears like a great fool , squatting on his hams ; far surpassing gingerbread in splendour ; and , after asking some such idiotical question , as whether Europe is in Asia or Africa , retires with a flourish of ...
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AMONG the great variety of birds in Ceylon , we were struck with Mr. Percival's account of the honey - bird , into whose body the soul of a common informer appears to have migrated . It makes a loud and shrill noise , to attract the ...
AMONG the great variety of birds in Ceylon , we were struck with Mr. Percival's account of the honey - bird , into whose body the soul of a common informer appears to have migrated . It makes a loud and shrill noise , to attract the ...
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| Cím | The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and Conversation |
| Szerző | Sydney Smith |
| Kiadás | újranyomás |
| Kiadó | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1869 |
| Eredeti forrása | Harvard Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2009. jan. 23. |
| Terjedelem | 355 oldal |
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