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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... body representing interests very distinct from those of the people . [ E. R. 1803. ] - SECOND CHAMBERS . THE institution of two assemblies constitutes a check upon the passion and precipitation by which the resolu- tions of any single ...
... body representing interests very distinct from those of the people . [ E. R. 1803. ] - SECOND CHAMBERS . THE institution of two assemblies constitutes a check upon the passion and precipitation by which the resolu- tions of any single ...
13. oldal
... body politic , is the titled son of a great man whose merit has placed him in the peerage . The name , face , and per- haps the pension , remain . The dæmon is gone : or there is a slight flavour from the cask , but it is empty ...
... body politic , is the titled son of a great man whose merit has placed him in the peerage . The name , face , and per- haps the pension , remain . The dæmon is gone : or there is a slight flavour from the cask , but it is empty ...
20. oldal
... 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 meat- be denied gravy , or refused melted butter . But there is no end to the small tyranny and puerile ...
... 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 meat- be denied gravy , or refused melted butter . But there is no end to the small tyranny and puerile ...
27. oldal
... body the soul of a common informer appears to have migrated . It makes a loud and shrill noise , to attract the notice of anybody whom it may perceive ; and thus inducing him to follow the course it points out leads him to the tree ...
... body the soul of a common informer appears to have migrated . It makes a loud and shrill noise , to attract the notice of anybody whom it may perceive ; and thus inducing him to follow the course it points out leads him to the tree ...
32. oldal
... body . With somewhat less of courage , and more of injustice , he wrapt his Arab servant in the bed of a person just dead of the plague . The Doctor died ; and the Doctor's man ( perhaps to prove his master's theory , that the plague ...
... body . With somewhat less of courage , and more of injustice , he wrapt his Arab servant in the bed of a person just dead of the plague . The Doctor died ; and the Doctor's man ( perhaps to prove his master's theory , that the plague ...
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