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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To say a word against the suitorcide delays of the Court of Chancery , or the cruel punishments of the Game - laws , or against any abuse which a rich man inflicted and a poor man suffered , was treason against the plousiocracy ...
To say a word against the suitorcide delays of the Court of Chancery , or the cruel punishments of the Game - laws , or against any abuse which a rich man inflicted and a poor man suffered , was treason against the plousiocracy ...
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The Poor Laws were gradually sapping the vitals of the country ; and whatever miseries I suffered , I had no post to whisk my complaints for a single penny to the remotest corners of the empire ; and yet , in spite of all these ...
The Poor Laws were gradually sapping the vitals of the country ; and whatever miseries I suffered , I had no post to whisk my complaints for a single penny to the remotest corners of the empire ; and yet , in spite of all these ...
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To insist that he should take a less price when he can obtain a greater , is to insist upon laying on that order of men the whole burden of supporting the poor ; a convenient system enough in the eyes of ...
To insist that he should take a less price when he can obtain a greater , is to insist upon laying on that order of men the whole burden of supporting the poor ; a convenient system enough in the eyes of ...
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... in a furious 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 .
... in a furious 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 .
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THE FORESTS OF GUIANA . How far does the gentle reader imagine the campanero may be heard , whose size is that of a jay ? Perhaps 300 yards . Poor innocent , ignorant reader ! unconscious of CUI BONO . - IN SUSPENSE . 29 what Nature.
THE FORESTS OF GUIANA . How far does the gentle reader imagine the campanero may be heard , whose size is that of a jay ? Perhaps 300 yards . Poor innocent , ignorant reader ! unconscious of CUI BONO . - IN SUSPENSE . 29 what Nature.
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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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