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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Posterity will find it hard to comprehend or to believe the amount of ignorance , prejudice , intolerance , and cant against which he contended , and over which he triumphed . But even when the questions which were fought out in the ...
Posterity will find it hard to comprehend or to believe the amount of ignorance , prejudice , intolerance , and cant against which he contended , and over which he triumphed . But even when the questions which were fought out in the ...
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9 manifold functions of a free constitution , is to entrust valuable , delicate , and abstruse mechanism , to the rudest skill and the grossest ignorance .- [ E . R. 1803. ] OBSTACLES TO FREEDOM IN FRANCE .
9 manifold functions of a free constitution , is to entrust valuable , delicate , and abstruse mechanism , to the rudest skill and the grossest ignorance .- [ E . R. 1803. ] OBSTACLES TO FREEDOM IN FRANCE .
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He seems to be ignorant , that the prevention of rheumatism in all young colonies is a much more important object than the gratification of taste , or the display of skill.— [ E. R. 1823. ] COLONIAL BREWERIES .
He seems to be ignorant , that the prevention of rheumatism in all young colonies is a much more important object than the gratification of taste , or the display of skill.— [ E. R. 1823. ] COLONIAL BREWERIES .
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THE FORESTS OF GUIANA . How far does the gentle reader imagine the campanero may be heard , whose size is that of a jay ? Perhaps 300 yards . Poor innocent , ignorant reader ! unconscious of CUI BONO . - IN SUSPENSE . 29 what Nature.
THE FORESTS OF GUIANA . How far does the gentle reader imagine the campanero may be heard , whose size is that of a jay ? Perhaps 300 yards . Poor innocent , ignorant reader ! unconscious of CUI BONO . - IN SUSPENSE . 29 what Nature.
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-pestering the House of Commons with their ignorance and folly , and impeding the business of the country ? There is no end of such questions . So we will not enter into the metaphysics of the toucan . R. 1826. ] - [ E . - IN SUSPENSE .
-pestering the House of Commons with their ignorance and folly , and impeding the business of the country ? There is no end of such questions . So we will not enter into the metaphysics of the toucan . R. 1826. ] - [ E . - IN SUSPENSE .
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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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