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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... virtue , from looking upon it as a place of suffer- ing - perhaps leads them to consider it as the land of hope and refuge , to them unattainable , except by the commission of crime . And so they lift up their heads at the Bar , hoping ...
... virtue , from looking upon it as a place of suffer- ing - perhaps leads them to consider it as the land of hope and refuge , to them unattainable , except by the commission of crime . And so they lift up their heads at the Bar , hoping ...
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... virtue . [ E. R. 1823. ] DINNERS AT SYDNEY . AN officer , invited to dinner by the Governor , cannot refuse , unless in case of sickness . This is the most complete tyranny we ever heard of . If the officer comes out to his duty at the ...
... virtue . [ E. R. 1823. ] DINNERS AT SYDNEY . AN officer , invited to dinner by the Governor , cannot refuse , unless in case of sickness . This is the most complete tyranny we ever heard of . If the officer comes out to his duty at the ...
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... virtue , what right has the American , a scourger and murderer of slaves , to compare himself with the least and lowest of the Euro- pean nations ? - much more with this great and hu- mane country , where the greatest lord dare not lay ...
... virtue , what right has the American , a scourger and murderer of slaves , to compare himself with the least and lowest of the Euro- pean nations ? - much more with this great and hu- mane country , where the greatest lord dare not lay ...
40. oldal
... are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers— to be taxed no more .- [ E . R. 1820. ] AMERICAN PRIVILEGES . - LIBERTY OF TRADES . 41 ...
... are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers— to be taxed no more .- [ E . R. 1820. ] AMERICAN PRIVILEGES . - LIBERTY OF TRADES . 41 ...
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... virtue , but gilding the gallows , and raising up splendid associa- tions in favour of being hanged .- [ E . R. 1803. ] PUBLIC OPINION AND DESPOTIC POWER . MANY governments are despotic in law , which are not despotic in fact ; not ...
... virtue , but gilding the gallows , and raising up splendid associa- tions in favour of being hanged .- [ E . R. 1803. ] PUBLIC OPINION AND DESPOTIC POWER . MANY governments are despotic in law , which are not despotic in fact ; not ...
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