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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11 the practical purposes of government , amidst a great majority fairly elected by the people , we should always wish to see a certain number of the legislative body representing interests very distinct from those of the people .
11 the practical purposes of government , amidst a great majority fairly elected by the people , we should always wish to see a certain number of the legislative body representing interests very distinct from those of the people .
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The most useless and offensive tumour in the body politic , is the titled son of a great man whose merit has placed him in the peerage . The name , face , and perhaps the pension , remain . The dæmon is gone : or there is a slight ...
The most useless and offensive tumour in the body politic , is the titled son of a great man whose merit has placed him in the peerage . The name , face , and perhaps the pension , remain . The dæmon is gone : or there is a slight ...
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... what matters it to the Governor or any body else , where he dines ? He may as well be ordered what to eat , as where to dine be confined to the upper or under side of the meatbe denied gravy , or refused melted butter .
... what matters it to the Governor or any body else , where he dines ? He may as well be ordered what to eat , as where to dine be confined to the upper or under side of the meatbe denied gravy , or refused melted butter .
27. oldal
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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... up to a battery with great alacrity ; but Dr. White , in the year 1801 , inoculated himself in the arms with recent matter taken from the bubo of a pestiferous patient , and rubbed the same matter upon different parts of his body .
... up to a battery with great alacrity ; but Dr. White , in the year 1801 , inoculated himself in the arms with recent matter taken from the bubo of a pestiferous patient , and rubbed the same matter upon different parts of his body .
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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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