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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... moral than an immoral people . Yet , though narrowness of territory , purity of morals , and recent escape from despotism , appear to be the cir- cumstances which most strongly recommend a republic , M. Necker proposes it to the most ...
... moral than an immoral people . Yet , though narrowness of territory , purity of morals , and recent escape from despotism , appear to be the cir- cumstances which most strongly recommend a republic , M. Necker proposes it to the most ...
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... MORAL EQUALITY OF MAN . ALL honest men , whether counts or cobblers , are of the same rank , if classed by moral distinctions.- [ E. R. 1823. ] SOCIETY AT BOTANY BAY . Ir is seldom , we suspect , that absolute dunces go to the Bay , but ...
... MORAL EQUALITY OF MAN . ALL honest men , whether counts or cobblers , are of the same rank , if classed by moral distinctions.- [ E. R. 1823. ] SOCIETY AT BOTANY BAY . Ir is seldom , we suspect , that absolute dunces go to the Bay , but ...
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... morality , emancipate themselves , with diffe- rent degrees of difficulty , and with more or less of success . A warrant granted by a reformed bacon - stealer would be absurd ; but there is hardly any reason why a foolish hot - brained ...
... morality , emancipate themselves , with diffe- rent degrees of difficulty , and with more or less of success . A warrant granted by a reformed bacon - stealer would be absurd ; but there is hardly any reason why a foolish hot - brained ...
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... morals , and seldom a good one in the lighter requisites of manners . His understanding is alive only to the useful and the profitable : he never lives for what is merely gracious , courteous , and ornamental . His faculties seem to be ...
... morals , and seldom a good one in the lighter requisites of manners . His understanding is alive only to the useful and the profitable : he never lives for what is merely gracious , courteous , and ornamental . His faculties seem to be ...
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