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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... and everything to create ; that they must submit to the confusion of repeated change , or the greater evil of obstinate perseverance in error ; that they must live for a century in that state of perilous uncertainty in which every ...
... and everything to create ; that they must submit to the confusion of repeated change , or the greater evil of obstinate perseverance in error ; that they must live for a century in that state of perilous uncertainty in which every ...
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The evil of this is that the title descends to their posterity , without the talents and the utility that procured it ; and the dignity of the peerage is impaired by the increase of its numbers : not only so , but as the peerage is the ...
The evil of this is that the title descends to their posterity , without the talents and the utility that procured it ; and the dignity of the peerage is impaired by the increase of its numbers : not only so , but as the peerage is the ...
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... and an evil which counterbalances all the excisemen , licensers , and tax - gatherers of England . No virtuous man ought to trust his own character , or the character of his children , to the demoralising effects produced by ...
... and an evil which counterbalances all the excisemen , licensers , and tax - gatherers of England . No virtuous man ought to trust his own character , or the character of his children , to the demoralising effects produced by ...
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THE resemblance between the sandal tree imparting ( while it falls ) its aromatic flavour to the edge of the axe , and the benevolent man rewarding evil with good , would be witty , did it not excite virtuous emotions .
THE resemblance between the sandal tree imparting ( while it falls ) its aromatic flavour to the edge of the axe , and the benevolent man rewarding evil with good , would be witty , did it not excite virtuous emotions .
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... to defend it , to the best of our ability , from the tiger - spring of infidelity ; and we are quite determined , if we can prevent such an evil , that it shall ' not be eaten up by the nasty and numerous vermin of Methodism .
... to defend it , to the best of our ability , from the tiger - spring of infidelity ; and we are quite determined , if we can prevent such an evil , that it shall ' not be eaten up by the nasty and numerous vermin of Methodism .
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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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