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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... labour of business from the stimulus of honour and wealth . Others should be there , expressly to speak the sentiments , and defend the interests , of the executive . Every popular assembly must be grossly imperfect , that is not ...
... labour of business from the stimulus of honour and wealth . Others should be there , expressly to speak the sentiments , and defend the interests , of the executive . Every popular assembly must be grossly imperfect , that is not ...
51. oldal
... able hands , might be guided to the most salutary purposes . The object is to encourage the love of labour , which is best encouraged by the love of money .- [ E . R. ] 52 PLAIN WRITING . - GILDING THE GALLOWS . PLAIN.
... able hands , might be guided to the most salutary purposes . The object is to encourage the love of labour , which is best encouraged by the love of money .- [ E . R. ] 52 PLAIN WRITING . - GILDING THE GALLOWS . PLAIN.
79. oldal
... labour . Now , to forget this event , - to write without the fear of the deluge before his eyes , and to handle a subject as if mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten years , as before their submersion , -is to be guilty of the ...
... labour . Now , to forget this event , - to write without the fear of the deluge before his eyes , and to handle a subject as if mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten years , as before their submersion , -is to be guilty of the ...
81. oldal
... labour and im- prisonment for life , it would never be done . Kings and Legislatures would take pity after a great lapse of years ; the punishment would be remitted , and its preventive efficacy , therefore , destroyed . [ E. R. 1809 ...
... labour and im- prisonment for life , it would never be done . Kings and Legislatures would take pity after a great lapse of years ; the punishment would be remitted , and its preventive efficacy , therefore , destroyed . [ E. R. 1809 ...
86. oldal
... labour can attain . If a lad won't learn the words of a language , his degrada- tion in the school is a very natural punishment for his disobedience , or his indolence ; but it would be as reason- able to expect that all boys should be ...
... labour can attain . If a lad won't learn the words of a language , his degrada- tion in the school is a very natural punishment for his disobedience , or his indolence ; but it would be as reason- able to expect that all boys should be ...
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