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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... that they must be eagerly caught at , and employed as soon as they are discovered . Though all may not be quite so unobjectionable as could be wished " Res dura , et regni novitas me talia cogunt Moliri " To sit down to dinner with ...
... that they must be eagerly caught at , and employed as soon as they are discovered . Though all may not be quite so unobjectionable as could be wished " Res dura , et regni novitas me talia cogunt Moliri " To sit down to dinner with ...
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... but it soon turned out that the visitant had no intention of making so long a voyage . Finding that they were not to have the pleasure of his company , the convicts very naturally thought of picking his pockets ; the necessity of ...
... but it soon turned out that the visitant had no intention of making so long a voyage . Finding that they were not to have the pleasure of his company , the convicts very naturally thought of picking his pockets ; the necessity of ...
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It is impossible to contradict a gentleman who has been in the forests of Cayenne ; but we are determined , as soon as a campanero is brought to England , to make him toll in a public place , and have the distance measured .
It is impossible to contradict a gentleman who has been in the forests of Cayenne ; but we are determined , as soon as a campanero is brought to England , to make him toll in a public place , and have the distance measured .
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THE governed soon learn to distinguish between sys tematic energy and the excesses of casual and capricious cruelty ; the one awes them into submission , the other rouses them to revenge . [ E. R. 1803. ] ― TURKISH REFORMS .
THE governed soon learn to distinguish between sys tematic energy and the excesses of casual and capricious cruelty ; the one awes them into submission , the other rouses them to revenge . [ E. R. 1803. ] ― TURKISH REFORMS .
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Justice , gentleness , pity , and humility , soon give way before them . Conscience suspends its functions . The love of command - the im38 patience of restraint , get the better of every other.
Justice , gentleness , pity , and humility , soon give way before them . Conscience suspends its functions . The love of command - the im38 patience of restraint , get the better of every other.
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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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