The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and ConversationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 355 oldal |
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... tion . An hereditary legislative aristocracy not only adds to the dignity of the throne , and establishes that grada- tion of ranks which is perhaps absolutely necessary to its security , but it transacts a considerable share of the ...
... tion . An hereditary legislative aristocracy not only adds to the dignity of the throne , and establishes that grada- tion of ranks which is perhaps absolutely necessary to its security , but it transacts a considerable share of the ...
59. oldal
... tion of women ; to facilitate the acquisition of easy vices , and encumber the difficulty of virtue . What a wretched qualification of this censure to add , that the badness of the principles is alone corrected by the badness of the ...
... tion of women ; to facilitate the acquisition of easy vices , and encumber the difficulty of virtue . What a wretched qualification of this censure to add , that the badness of the principles is alone corrected by the badness of the ...
70. oldal
... tion.- [ E. R. 1809. ] PROBABLE LOSS OF INDIA . UPON the whole , it appears to us hardly possible to push the business of proselytism in India to any length , without incurring the utmost risk of losing our empire . The danger is more ...
... tion.- [ E. R. 1809. ] PROBABLE LOSS OF INDIA . UPON the whole , it appears to us hardly possible to push the business of proselytism in India to any length , without incurring the utmost risk of losing our empire . The danger is more ...
82. oldal
... tion , is the reader to explain it , and are there to be law lectures all over the kingdom ? The fact is that the evil does not exist .- [ E . R. 1809. ] POPULAR KNOWLEDGE OF LAWS . THE people , it is true , are ignorant of the laws ...
... tion , is the reader to explain it , and are there to be law lectures all over the kingdom ? The fact is that the evil does not exist .- [ E . R. 1809. ] POPULAR KNOWLEDGE OF LAWS . THE people , it is true , are ignorant of the laws ...
86. oldal
... tion in the school is a very natural punishment for his disobedience , or his indolence ; but it would be as reason- able to expect that all boys should be witty , or beautiful , as that they should be poets . In either case , it would ...
... tion in the school is a very natural punishment for his disobedience , or his indolence ; but it would be as reason- able to expect that all boys should be witty , or beautiful , as that they should be poets . In either case , it would ...
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