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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... Trade was tolerated- a thousand evils were in existence , which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review .
... Trade was tolerated- a thousand evils were in existence , which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review .
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A LOVE of equality is a very strong principle in a republic : therefore it does not tolerate hereditary honour or wealth ; and all the effect produced upon the minds of the people by this factitious power is lost , and the government ...
A LOVE of equality is a very strong principle in a republic : therefore it does not tolerate hereditary honour or wealth ; and all the effect produced upon the minds of the people by this factitious power is lost , and the government ...
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... expedient ( gross and absurd as it seems to be ) the best calculated , perhaps , to obviate the effects of ambition upon the stability of governments , by narrowing the field on which it acts , and the object for which it contends .
... expedient ( gross and absurd as it seems to be ) the best calculated , perhaps , to obviate the effects of ambition upon the stability of governments , by narrowing the field on which it acts , and the object for which it contends .
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He is unquestionably justified in receiving any price he can obtain : for it happens very beautifully , that the effect of his efforts to better his fortune is as beneficial to the public , as if their motive had not been selfish .
He is unquestionably justified in receiving any price he can obtain : for it happens very beautifully , that the effect of his efforts to better his fortune is as beneficial to the public , as if their motive had not been selfish .
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18 EMANCIPATED CONVICTS . sheep , fourteen thousand miles from Piccadilly , with a crook bent into the shape of a picklock , is not an uninteresting picture ; and an engraving of it might have a very salutary effect - provided no ...
18 EMANCIPATED CONVICTS . sheep , fourteen thousand miles from Piccadilly , with a crook bent into the shape of a picklock , is not an uninteresting picture ; and an engraving of it might have a very salutary effect - provided no ...
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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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