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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... poor man suffered , was treason against the plousiocracy , and was bitterly and steadily resented . Lord Grey had not then taken off the bear- ing - rein from the English people , as Sir Francis Head has now done from horses . LABOURS ...
... poor man suffered , was treason against the plousiocracy , and was bitterly and steadily resented . Lord Grey had not then taken off the bear- ing - rein from the English people , as Sir Francis Head has now done from horses . LABOURS ...
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... poor . The Poor Laws were gradually sapping the vitals of the country ; and whatever miseries I suffered , I had no post to whisk my complaints for a single penny to the remotest corners of the empire ; and yet , in spite of all these ...
... poor . The Poor Laws were gradually sapping the vitals of the country ; and whatever miseries I suffered , I had no post to whisk my complaints for a single penny to the remotest corners of the empire ; and yet , in spite of all these ...
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... poor ; a conve- nient system enough in the eyes of a rich ecclesiastic ; and objectionable only , because it is impracticable , per- nicious , and unjust . * — [ E. R. 1802. ] * If it is pleasant to notice the intellectual growth of an ...
... poor ; a conve- nient system enough in the eyes of a rich ecclesiastic ; and objectionable only , because it is impracticable , per- nicious , and unjust . * — [ E. R. 1802. ] * If it is pleasant to notice the intellectual growth of an ...
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... poor beasts had not been saved from the unequal combat .- [ E . R. 1823. ] MALAYS . THIS is truly a tremendous people ! When assassins and blood - hounds will fall into rank and file , and the most furious savages submit ( with no ...
... poor beasts had not been saved from the unequal combat .- [ E . R. 1823. ] MALAYS . THIS is truly a tremendous people ! When assassins and blood - hounds will fall into rank and file , and the most furious savages submit ( with no ...
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... THE FORESTS OF GUIANA . How far does the gentle reader imagine the campanero may be heard , whose size is that of a jay ? Perhaps 300 yards . Poor innocent , ignorant reader ! unconscious of CUI BONO . - IN SUSPENSE . 29 what Nature.
... THE FORESTS OF GUIANA . How far does the gentle reader imagine the campanero may be heard , whose size is that of a jay ? Perhaps 300 yards . Poor innocent , ignorant reader ! unconscious of CUI BONO . - IN SUSPENSE . 29 what Nature.
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