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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The most salient of these passages ( though by no means all which might be selected from his works ) will be found in the present volume . In the arrangement of them under separate headings , for which the Editor is responsible ...
The most salient of these passages ( though by no means all which might be selected from his works ) will be found in the present volume . In the arrangement of them under separate headings , for which the Editor is responsible ...
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... commercial towns , should all have their separate organs in the parliament of a great country . There should be some means of bringing in active , able , young men , who would submit to the labour of business from the stimulus of ...
... commercial towns , should all have their separate organs in the parliament of a great country . There should be some means of bringing in active , able , young men , who would submit to the labour of business from the stimulus of ...
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He was discovered with Dr. Langford's discourse lying open before him , in a state of the most profound sleep ; from which he could not , by any means , be awakened for a great length of time . By attending , however , to the rules ...
He was discovered with Dr. Langford's discourse lying open before him , in a state of the most profound sleep ; from which he could not , by any means , be awakened for a great length of time . By attending , however , to the rules ...
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... that they should live under the simplicity and convenience of despotism— such modified despotism ( we mean ) as a British House of Commons will permit , in the governors of their distant colonies .- [ E . R. 1823. ] CEYLON IN 1803 .
... that they should live under the simplicity and convenience of despotism— such modified despotism ( we mean ) as a British House of Commons will permit , in the governors of their distant colonies .- [ E . R. 1823. ] CEYLON IN 1803 .
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... means than a sacrifice of proper dignity and character . They have , comparatively , no land revenue ; and , in spite of the Franklin and Guerrière , though lined with cedar and mounted with brass cannon , they must soon be reduced ...
... means than a sacrifice of proper dignity and character . They have , comparatively , no land revenue ; and , in spite of the Franklin and Guerrière , though lined with cedar and mounted with brass cannon , they must soon be reduced ...
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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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