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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A long and hopeless career in your profession , the chuckling grin of noodles , the sarcastic leer of the genuine political rogue ; prebendaries , deans , bishops made over your head ; reverend renegades advanced to the highest ...
A long and hopeless career in your profession , the chuckling grin of noodles , the sarcastic leer of the genuine political rogue ; prebendaries , deans , bishops made over your head ; reverend renegades advanced to the highest ...
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... Chancery pressed heavily upon mankind - Libel was punished by the most cruel and vindictive imprisonments - the principles of Political Economy were little understood - the Law of Debt and of Conspiracy were upon the worst possible ...
... Chancery pressed heavily upon mankind - Libel was punished by the most cruel and vindictive imprisonments - the principles of Political Economy were little understood - the Law of Debt and of Conspiracy were upon the worst possible ...
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... that the French have yet to put together the very elements of a civil and political constitution ; that they have to experience all the danger and all the inconvenience which result from the rashness and the imperfect views of ...
... that the French have yet to put together the very elements of a civil and political constitution ; that they have to experience all the danger and all the inconvenience which result from the rashness and the imperfect views of ...
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POLITICAL EXPERIENCE . To call upon a nation , on a sudden , totally destitute of such knowledge and experience , to perform all the 1 " 4 ; OBSTACLES TO FREEDOM . 9 manifold functions of a.
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE . To call upon a nation , on a sudden , totally destitute of such knowledge and experience , to perform all the 1 " 4 ; OBSTACLES TO FREEDOM . 9 manifold functions of a.
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... and set the house in a blaze , that he might chuckle over the splendour .- [ E . R. 1803. ] VALUE OF ELECTIONS . THE only foundation of political liberty is the spirit of the people : and the only circumstance which makes a lively ...
... and set the house in a blaze , that he might chuckle over the splendour .- [ E . R. 1803. ] VALUE OF ELECTIONS . THE only foundation of political liberty is the spirit of the people : and the only circumstance which makes a lively ...
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