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 is always considered a piece of impertinence in England if a man of less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all on important subjects ; and in addition he was sure to be assailed with all the Billingsgate of the ...
It is always considered a piece of impertinence in England if a man of less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all on important subjects ; and in addition he was sure to be assailed with all the Billingsgate of the ...
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... Trade was tolerated- a thousand evils were in existence , which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review .
... Trade was tolerated- a thousand evils were in existence , which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review .
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... the parish of St. Giles , the ancient avocation of picking pockets will certainly not become more discreditable from the knowledge that it may eventually lead to the possession of a farm of a thousand acres on the river Hawkesbury .
... the parish of St. Giles , the ancient avocation of picking pockets will certainly not become more discreditable from the knowledge that it may eventually lead to the possession of a farm of a thousand acres on the river Hawkesbury .
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18 EMANCIPATED CONVICTS . sheep , fourteen thousand miles from Piccadilly , with a crook bent into the shape of a picklock , is not an uninteresting picture ; and an engraving of it might have a very salutary effect - provided no ...
18 EMANCIPATED CONVICTS . sheep , fourteen thousand miles from Piccadilly , with a crook bent into the shape of a picklock , is not an uninteresting picture ; and an engraving of it might have a very salutary effect - provided no ...
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BUOYANCY OF RELIGION . a bare existence , and scattered over his creation a thousand superfluous joys , which are totally unnecessary to the mere support of life .- [ E . R. 1808. ] OVERWROUGHT PIETY .
BUOYANCY OF RELIGION . a bare existence , and scattered over his creation a thousand superfluous joys , which are totally unnecessary to the mere support of life .- [ E . R. 1808. ] OVERWROUGHT PIETY .
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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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