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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page 12
... tion . An hereditary legislative aristocracy not only adds to the dignity of the throne , and establishes that grada- tion of ranks which is perhaps absolutely necessary to its security , but it transacts a considerable share of the ...
... tion . An hereditary legislative aristocracy not only adds to the dignity of the throne , and establishes that grada- tion of ranks which is perhaps absolutely necessary to its security , but it transacts a considerable share of the ...
Page 59
... tion of women ; to facilitate the acquisition of easy vices , and encumber the difficulty of virtue . What a wretched qualification of this censure to add , that the badness of the principles is alone corrected by the badness of the ...
... tion of women ; to facilitate the acquisition of easy vices , and encumber the difficulty of virtue . What a wretched qualification of this censure to add , that the badness of the principles is alone corrected by the badness of the ...
Page 70
... tion . [ E. R. 1809. ] PROBABLE LOSS OF INDIA . UPON the whole , it appears to us hardly possible to push the business of proselytism in India to any length , without incurring the utmost risk of losing our empire . The danger is more ...
... tion . [ E. R. 1809. ] PROBABLE LOSS OF INDIA . UPON the whole , it appears to us hardly possible to push the business of proselytism in India to any length , without incurring the utmost risk of losing our empire . The danger is more ...
Page 82
... tion , is the reader to explain it , and are there to be law lectures all over the kingdom ? The fact is that the evil does not exist .- [ E . R. 1809. ] POPULAR KNOWLEDGE OF LAWS . THE people , it is true , are ignorant of the laws ...
... tion , is the reader to explain it , and are there to be law lectures all over the kingdom ? The fact is that the evil does not exist .- [ E . R. 1809. ] POPULAR KNOWLEDGE OF LAWS . THE people , it is true , are ignorant of the laws ...
Page 86
... tion in the school is a very natural punishment for his disobedience , or his indolence ; but it would be as reason- able to expect that all boys should be witty , or beautiful , as that they should be poets . In either case , it would ...
... tion in the school is a very natural punishment for his disobedience , or his indolence ; but it would be as reason- able to expect that all boys should be witty , or beautiful , as that they should be poets . In either case , it would ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absurd American animal Archdeacon Singleton Author Balliol College Ballot beautiful Bishop BISHOP MONK Bishop of London BOTANY BAY Catholic character Chemistry Christian Church civilised clergy cloth colours common Crown 8vo death Dictionary dinner England English evil favour feeling gentlemen habit happiness heart History honour human Illustrations INDIA Irish J. R. CAMPBELL JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL justice knowledge labour laws LECTURES live London look Lord mankind manner Maps Memoir ment mind moral nature never object opinion pain parish passions person Philosophy Plates pleasure political poor Post 8vo Practical price 12s principles PUBLISHED BY LONGMANS punishment R. A. PROCTOR Reform religion revised Second Edition sense SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH spirit Square crown 8vo Sydney Smith talents taste thing Third Edition thought thousand tion truth virtue vols Whig wisdom Woodcuts young
Popular passages
Page 37 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue...
Page 19 - Readings for a Month Preparatory to Confirmation, from Writers of the Early and English Church. By the same Author.
Page 20 - PRINCIPLES of EDUCATION Drawn from Nature and Revelation, and applied to Female Education in the Upper Classes. By the Author of
Page 11 - DICTIONARY of GENERAL BIOGRAPHY; containing Concise Memoirs and Notices of the most Eminent Persons of all Countries, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. Edited by WLR CATES. 8vo. 21s. LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND.
Page 10 - The PRIMITIVE INHABITANTS of SCANDINAVIA : containing a Description of the Implements, Dwellings, Tombs, and Mode of Living of the Savages in the North of Europe during the Stone Age. By SYEN NIISSON.
Page 17 - Encyclopaedia of Agriculture: Comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo. 31s. 6d. London's Encyclopaedia of Gardening : Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening.
Page 16 - A TREATISE on the SCREW PROPELLER, SCREW VESSELS, and Screw Engines, as adapted for purposes of Peace and War ; with Notices of other Methods of Propulsion, Tables of the Dimensions and Performance of Screw Steamers, and detailed Specifications of Ships and Engines. By J.
Page 12 - Chemistry, Medicine, Surgery, and the Allied Sciences. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of other Sciences.
Page 10 - INSECTS AT HOME: A Popular Account of British Insects, their Structure, Habits and Transformations.
Page 10 - BIBLE ANIMALS ; being a Description of every Living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, from the Ape to the Coral.