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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It is always considered a piece of impertinence in England if a man of less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all on important subjects ; and in addition he was sure to be assailed with all the Billingsgate of the ...
It is always considered a piece of impertinence in England if a man of less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all on important subjects ; and in addition he was sure to be assailed with all the Billingsgate of the ...
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All this is , unfortunately , as true now as it was when written thirty years ago .— ( S . S. ) And not less true after the lapse of another period of nearly thirty years in 1860 . 8 REACTION IN FRANCE . REACTION IN FRANCE . Is.
All this is , unfortunately , as true now as it was when written thirty years ago .— ( S . S. ) And not less true after the lapse of another period of nearly thirty years in 1860 . 8 REACTION IN FRANCE . REACTION IN FRANCE . Is.
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... and the government weakened : but , in proportion as the government is less able to command , the people should be more willing to obey ; therefore a republic is better suited to a moral than an immoral people .
... and the government weakened : but , in proportion as the government is less able to command , the people should be more willing to obey ; therefore a republic is better suited to a moral than an immoral people .
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But men of rank and wealth , though they are interested by a splendid debate , will not submit to the drudgery of business , much less can they be supposed conversant in all the niceties of law questions . It is therefore necessary to ...
But men of rank and wealth , though they are interested by a splendid debate , will not submit to the drudgery of business , much less can they be supposed conversant in all the niceties of law questions . It is therefore necessary to ...
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To insist that he should take a less price when he can obtain a greater , is to insist upon laying on that order of men the whole burden of supporting the poor ; a convenient system enough in the eyes of ...
To insist that he should take a less price when he can obtain a greater , is to insist upon laying on that order of men the whole burden of supporting the poor ; a convenient system enough in the eyes of ...
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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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