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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... Prisoners tried for their Lives could have no Counsel - Lord Eldon and the Court of Chancery pressed heavily upon mankind - Libel was punished by the most cruel and vindictive imprisonments - the principles of Political Economy were ...
... Prisoners tried for their Lives could have no Counsel - Lord Eldon and the Court of Chancery pressed heavily upon mankind - Libel was punished by the most cruel and vindictive imprisonments - the principles of Political Economy were ...
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[ E . R. 1803. ] THE KING OF KANDY . THE King of Candia is of course despotic ; and the history of his life and reign presents the same mono26 PEARLS . - RELATIONS OF MANKIND . tonous ostentation ,
[ E . R. 1803. ] THE KING OF KANDY . THE King of Candia is of course despotic ; and the history of his life and reign presents the same mono26 PEARLS . - RELATIONS OF MANKIND . tonous ostentation ,
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RELATIONS OF MANKIND . tonous ostentation , and baby - like caprice , which characterise Oriental governments . In public audiences he appears like a great fool , squatting on his hams ; far surpassing gingerbread in splendour ...
RELATIONS OF MANKIND . tonous ostentation , and baby - like caprice , which characterise Oriental governments . In public audiences he appears like a great fool , squatting on his hams ; far surpassing gingerbread in splendour ...
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IN reading Mr. Catteau's account of the congealed and blighted Laplanders , we were struck with the infinite delight they must have in dying ; the only circumstance in which they can enjoy any superiority over the rest of mankind ; or ...
IN reading Mr. Catteau's account of the congealed and blighted Laplanders , we were struck with the infinite delight they must have in dying ; the only circumstance in which they can enjoy any superiority over the rest of mankind ; or ...
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THERE is something so natural , and so closely derived from human governments , in the notion of the immediate interference of Providence , that mankind are only weaned from it by centuries of contradiction and discussion .
THERE is something so natural , and so closely derived from human governments , in the notion of the immediate interference of Providence , that mankind are only weaned from it by centuries of contradiction and discussion .
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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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