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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v. oldal
... mind , and cling more faithfully to the memory , when they are reduced to the form of maxims or aphorisms ; and if this be true in general it is true more especially of writings like those of Sydney Smith , which were for the most part ...
... mind , and cling more faithfully to the memory , when they are reduced to the form of maxims or aphorisms ; and if this be true in general it is true more especially of writings like those of Sydney Smith , which were for the most part ...
vii. oldal
... mind and the life of Sydney Smith . Not unfrequently it will be observed , that his remarks on the tendency of events have been verified in a very remarkable manner , long after he himself had ceased to watch the courses of the world ...
... mind and the life of Sydney Smith . Not unfrequently it will be observed , that his remarks on the tendency of events have been verified in a very remarkable manner , long after he himself had ceased to watch the courses of the world ...
6. oldal
... mind of Jeffrey cannot shake off the illusion that myrtles flourished at Craig Crook . In vain I have represented to him that they are of the genus Carduus , and pointed out their prickly peculiarities . In vain I have reminded him that ...
... mind of Jeffrey cannot shake off the illusion that myrtles flourished at Craig Crook . In vain I have represented to him that they are of the genus Carduus , and pointed out their prickly peculiarities . In vain I have reminded him that ...
8. oldal
... minds of the people by this factitious power is lost , and the government weakened : but , in proportion as the govern- ment is less able to command , the people should be more willing to obey ; therefore a republic is better suited to ...
... minds of the people by this factitious power is lost , and the government weakened : but , in proportion as the govern- ment is less able to command , the people should be more willing to obey ; therefore a republic is better suited to ...
9. oldal
... , and powerfully re- minds them of their importance , their power , and their rights , is the periodical choice of their representatives . [ E. R. 1803. ] 10 POPULAR ELECTIONS REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT , POPULAR ELECTIONS . THE.
... , and powerfully re- minds them of their importance , their power , and their rights , is the periodical choice of their representatives . [ E. R. 1803. ] 10 POPULAR ELECTIONS REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT , POPULAR ELECTIONS . THE.
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