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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... passion and precipitation by which the resolu- tions of any single popular assembly may occasionally be governed .— [ E . R. 1803. ] DIVISION OF POWER . THE prize of supreme power is too tempting to admit of fair play in the game of ...
... passion and precipitation by which the resolu- tions of any single popular assembly may occasionally be governed .— [ E . R. 1803. ] DIVISION OF POWER . THE prize of supreme power is too tempting to admit of fair play in the game of ...
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... passions ; but in a studious arrangement of sonorous , exotic , and sesquipedal words ; a very ancient error , which corrupts the style of young , and wearies the patience of sensible men . In the university of Benares , in the lettered ...
... passions ; but in a studious arrangement of sonorous , exotic , and sesquipedal words ; a very ancient error , which corrupts the style of young , and wearies the patience of sensible men . In the university of Benares , in the lettered ...
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... passion , attacked six or seven of his Majesty's largest elephants sword in hand , and would , in all probability , have reduced them to mince - meat , if the poor beasts had not been saved from the unequal combat .- [ E . R. 1823 ...
... passion , attacked six or seven of his Majesty's largest elephants sword in hand , and would , in all probability , have reduced them to mince - meat , if the poor beasts had not been saved from the unequal combat .- [ E . R. 1823 ...
71. oldal
... passions . It is better a Brahmin should be respected , than that nobody should be respected . A Hindoo had better believe that a deity , with an hundred legs and arms , will reward and punish him hereafter , than that he is not to be ...
... passions . It is better a Brahmin should be respected , than that nobody should be respected . A Hindoo had better believe that a deity , with an hundred legs and arms , will reward and punish him hereafter , than that he is not to be ...
72. oldal
... passion for political change , or we shall inevitably lose our disciples altogether . To us it appears quite clear , that neither Hindoos nor Mahometans are at all indifferent to the attacks made upon their religion ; the arrogance and ...
... passion for political change , or we shall inevitably lose our disciples altogether . To us it appears quite clear , that neither Hindoos nor Mahometans are at all indifferent to the attacks made upon their religion ; the arrogance and ...
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