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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... habit , as well as law , and is written in the hearts of men as plainly as in the letter of the statute ; and that the opportunity of beginning this immense edifice of human happiness is so far from being presented to them at present ...
... habit , as well as law , and is written in the hearts of men as plainly as in the letter of the statute ; and that the opportunity of beginning this immense edifice of human happiness is so far from being presented to them at present ...
13. oldal
... habits of business . 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 ...
... habits of business . 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 ...
32. oldal
... habit . Many a military veteran would tremble to feed upon pus ; to sleep in sheets running with water ; or to draw up the breath of feverish patients . Dr. White might not , perhaps , have marched up to a battery with great alacrity ...
... habit . Many a military veteran would tremble to feed upon pus ; to sleep in sheets running with water ; or to draw up the breath of feverish patients . Dr. White might not , perhaps , have marched up to a battery with great alacrity ...
53. oldal
... shall be alarmed at the progress of celibacy , and imagine that the increase and multiplication of the human race may become a mere antiquated habit .- [ E . R. 1803. ] 54 PROTECTION OF THE ACCUSED . - HOMERIC MORALITY .
... shall be alarmed at the progress of celibacy , and imagine that the increase and multiplication of the human race may become a mere antiquated habit .- [ E . R. 1803. ] 54 PROTECTION OF THE ACCUSED . - HOMERIC MORALITY .
71. oldal
... habits and manners , if we were to abandon the coun- try to - morrow . [ E. R. 1808. ] - HINDOO PROSELYTES . THE duty of conversion is less plain , and less impe- rious , when conversion exposes the convert to great pre- sent misery ...
... habits and manners , if we were to abandon the coun- try to - morrow . [ E. R. 1808. ] - HINDOO PROSELYTES . THE duty of conversion is less plain , and less impe- rious , when conversion exposes the convert to great pre- sent misery ...
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