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 pages |
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... the first portion of the collection is chiefly selected from articles contri- buted to the Edinburgh Review , the second from pamphlets , sermons , and the Lectures on Moral ADVERTISEMENT . vii Philosophy , the third from the Memoirs.
... the first portion of the collection is chiefly selected from articles contri- buted to the Edinburgh Review , the second from pamphlets , sermons , and the Lectures on Moral ADVERTISEMENT . vii Philosophy , the third from the Memoirs.
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... British India ( p . 70 ) , published in 1808 , have been re- spectively verified by the second Empire and the Indian Mutiny , just fifty years after those passages were composed . viii ADVERTISEMENT . It may be proper to remark ,
... British India ( p . 70 ) , published in 1808 , have been re- spectively verified by the second Empire and the Indian Mutiny , just fifty years after those passages were composed . viii ADVERTISEMENT . It may be proper to remark ,
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... SECOND CHAMBERS . THE institution of two assemblies constitutes a check upon the passion and precipitation by which the resolu- tions of any single popular assembly may occasionally be governed .- [ E . R. 1803. ] DIVISION OF POWER ...
... SECOND CHAMBERS . THE institution of two assemblies constitutes a check upon the passion and precipitation by which the resolu- tions of any single popular assembly may occasionally be governed .- [ E . R. 1803. ] DIVISION OF POWER ...
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... second of your existence you are wounded by some piece of animal life that nobody has ever seen before , except Swammerdam and Meriam . An insect with eleven legs is swimming in your teacup , a nondescript with nine wings is struggling ...
... second of your existence you are wounded by some piece of animal life that nobody has ever seen before , except Swammerdam and Meriam . An insect with eleven legs is swimming in your teacup , a nondescript with nine wings is struggling ...
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... second son just entered at Oxford , three diners out from Piccadilly - Major Rock , Lord John , Lord Charles , the Colonel of the regiment quartered at the neighbouring town , two Irish Peers , and a German Baron ; -all of this ...
... second son just entered at Oxford , three diners out from Piccadilly - Major Rock , Lord John , Lord Charles , the Colonel of the regiment quartered at the neighbouring town , two Irish Peers , and a German Baron ; -all of this ...
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