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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... cause of science , would have been lost to the com- munity .- [ E . R. 1826. ] MR . WATERTON'S WANDERINGS . MR . WATERTON complains , that the trees of Guiana are not more than six yards in circumference - a magnitude in trees which it ...
... cause of science , would have been lost to the com- munity .- [ E . R. 1826. ] MR . WATERTON'S WANDERINGS . MR . WATERTON complains , that the trees of Guiana are not more than six yards in circumference - a magnitude in trees which it ...
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... in their lawsuits or palavers , a most forensic exuberance of images , and loquacity of speech . Their criminal causes are frequently terminated by selling one of the parties 1 AFRICAN MERRIMENT . - FORBIDDEN MEATS . 35 into slavery.
... in their lawsuits or palavers , a most forensic exuberance of images , and loquacity of speech . Their criminal causes are frequently terminated by selling one of the parties 1 AFRICAN MERRIMENT . - FORBIDDEN MEATS . 35 into slavery.
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... deficient in the elements of good faith , men who prefer any load of infamy however great , to any pressure of taxation however light .- [ Letters on American Debts . ] AMERICAN REPUDIATION . 47 REVULSION CAUSED BY AMERICAN REPUDIATION .
... deficient in the elements of good faith , men who prefer any load of infamy however great , to any pressure of taxation however light .- [ Letters on American Debts . ] AMERICAN REPUDIATION . 47 REVULSION CAUSED BY AMERICAN REPUDIATION .
47. oldal
... CAUSED BY AMERICAN REPUDIATION . I AM no enemy to America . I loved and admired honest America when she respected the laws of pounds , shillings , and pence ; and I thought the United States the most magnificent picture of human ...
... CAUSED BY AMERICAN REPUDIATION . I AM no enemy to America . I loved and admired honest America when she respected the laws of pounds , shillings , and pence ; and I thought the United States the most magnificent picture of human ...
48. oldal
... causes of war ; but wars and long wars , they will one day or another produce ; and this , perhaps , is the only advantage of repudiation . The Americans cannot gratify their avarice and ambition at once ; they cannot cheat and conquer ...
... causes of war ; but wars and long wars , they will one day or another produce ; and this , perhaps , is the only advantage of repudiation . The Americans cannot gratify their avarice and ambition at once ; they cannot cheat and conquer ...
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