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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... Head has now done from horses . LABOURS OF THE LIBERAL PARTY . To appreciate the value of the Edinburgh Review , the state of England at the period when that journal began MODERN IMPROVEMENTS . 3 should be had in remembrance .
... Head has now done from horses . LABOURS OF THE LIBERAL PARTY . To appreciate the value of the Edinburgh Review , the state of England at the period when that journal began MODERN IMPROVEMENTS . 3 should be had in remembrance .
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... IMPROVEMENTS . " The good of ancient times let others state , I think it lucky I was born so late . " MR . EDITOR , It is of some importance at what period a man is born . A young man , alive at this period , hardly knows to what ...
... IMPROVEMENTS . " The good of ancient times let others state , I think it lucky I was born so late . " MR . EDITOR , It is of some importance at what period a man is born . A young man , alive at this period , hardly knows to what ...
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... IMPROVEMENTS . Calais before the invention of steam . It took me nine hours to go from Taunton to Bath , before the invention of railroads , and I now go in six hours from Taunton to London ! In going from Taunton to Bath , I suffered ...
... IMPROVEMENTS . Calais before the invention of steam . It took me nine hours to go from Taunton to Bath , before the invention of railroads , and I now go in six hours from Taunton to London ! In going from Taunton to Bath , I suffered ...
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... improvement as that afforded by the exertions of this celebrated man , who , in spite of the ridicule thrown upon him by Baron de Tott , was such a man as the Turks cannot expect to see again once in a century . He had the whole power ...
... improvement as that afforded by the exertions of this celebrated man , who , in spite of the ridicule thrown upon him by Baron de Tott , was such a man as the Turks cannot expect to see again once in a century . He had the whole power ...
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... improved the in- stitutions of the old world , have at least equalled its crimes . A great nation , after trampling under foot all earthly tyranny , has been guilty of a fraud as enormous as ever disgraced the worst king of the most ...
... improved the in- stitutions of the old world , have at least equalled its crimes . A great nation , after trampling under foot all earthly tyranny , has been guilty of a fraud as enormous as ever disgraced the worst king of the most ...
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