The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... wish , and , as opportunity may occur , to desire and do good , rather than harm , to those with whom we are quite unconnected . ' It would appear , from this kind of language , that a desire of promoting the universal good were a par ...
... wish , and , as opportunity may occur , to desire and do good , rather than harm , to those with whom we are quite unconnected . ' It would appear , from this kind of language , that a desire of promoting the universal good were a par ...
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... wish , that they are to trample on every nation which co - operates with the Divine intention . In the 60th page , Mr. Bowles explains what is meant by Jacobinism ; and , as a concluding proof of the justice with which the character is ...
... wish , that they are to trample on every nation which co - operates with the Divine intention . In the 60th page , Mr. Bowles explains what is meant by Jacobinism ; and , as a concluding proof of the justice with which the character is ...
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... wish we were equally sure of success in counselling the Reverend Mr. Nares to attend , in future , to practical , rather than theoretical questions about pro- visions . He may be a very hospitable archdeacon ; but nothing short of a ...
... wish we were equally sure of success in counselling the Reverend Mr. Nares to attend , in future , to practical , rather than theoretical questions about pro- visions . He may be a very hospitable archdeacon ; but nothing short of a ...
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... wish to retire to gratify his taste for magnificence as well as for comfort . Upon the same principle , there is some risk that transportation will be considered as one of the surest roads to honour and to wealth ; and that no felon ...
... wish to retire to gratify his taste for magnificence as well as for comfort . Upon the same principle , there is some risk that transportation will be considered as one of the surest roads to honour and to wealth ; and that no felon ...
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... wish : and indeed ( though such knowledge would be extremely serviceable to the interests which this Romulus of the Southern Pole is superintending ) , it is rather unfair to exact from a superintendent of pick - pockets , that he ...
... wish : and indeed ( though such knowledge would be extremely serviceable to the interests which this Romulus of the Southern Pole is superintending ) , it is rather unfair to exact from a superintendent of pick - pockets , that he ...
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