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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IT must be a general fact , at all times , that gross ignorance more tenaciously adheres to a custom once adopted , because it respects that custom as an ultimate rule , and does not discern cases of exception by appealing to any higher ...
IT must be a general fact , at all times , that gross ignorance more tenaciously adheres to a custom once adopted , because it respects that custom as an ultimate rule , and does not discern cases of exception by appealing to any higher ...
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... to respect either public opinion or the opinion of other balancing powers , which without the express recognition of law , have gradually sprung up in the state . Russia , and Imperial Rome , had its prætorian guards .
... to respect either public opinion or the opinion of other balancing powers , which without the express recognition of law , have gradually sprung up in the state . Russia , and Imperial Rome , had its prætorian guards .
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RESPECT FOR OPINION IN INDIA . How is it in human nature that a Brahman should be indifferent to encroachments upon his religion ? His reputation , his dignity , and in great measure his wealth , depend upon the preservation of the ...
RESPECT FOR OPINION IN INDIA . How is it in human nature that a Brahman should be indifferent to encroachments upon his religion ? His reputation , his dignity , and in great measure his wealth , depend upon the preservation of the ...
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Is a law respecting the number of threads on the shuttle of a Spitalfields weaver to be read to the corn - growers of the Isle of Thanet ? If not , who is to make the selection ? If the law cannot G - 82 1648 AND 1793. - CAREER OF MR .
Is a law respecting the number of threads on the shuttle of a Spitalfields weaver to be read to the corn - growers of the Isle of Thanet ? If not , who is to make the selection ? If the law cannot G - 82 1648 AND 1793. - CAREER OF MR .
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Commissioners of public boards are unacquainted with all the decretals of our ancestors respecting the wiring of hares ; but the one pockets his extra per - centage , and the other his leveret , with a perfect knowledge of the laws the ...
Commissioners of public boards are unacquainted with all the decretals of our ancestors respecting the wiring of hares ; but the one pockets his extra per - centage , and the other his leveret , with a perfect knowledge of the laws the ...
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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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