The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith: Including His Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1859 - 356 pages |
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... land to obtain labourers . In the one , land is scarce , and men plenty ; in the other , men are scarce , and land is plenty . To disturb this natural 0 16 , 8 070 070 0 10 0 · 0 0 9 006 · 0 3 0 07 0 Ditto of five feet long , per ...
... land to obtain labourers . In the one , land is scarce , and men plenty ; in the other , men are scarce , and land is plenty . To disturb this natural 0 16 , 8 070 070 0 10 0 · 0 0 9 006 · 0 3 0 07 0 Ditto of five feet long , per ...
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... Land * , though the capital defect of the former settlement has been partly obviated , by a discovery of the harbour for small craft . The most important and curious infor- mation contained in this volume , is the discovery of straits ...
... Land * , though the capital defect of the former settlement has been partly obviated , by a discovery of the harbour for small craft . The most important and curious infor- mation contained in this volume , is the discovery of straits ...
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... Land , lying in about 350 south and 113 ° east , has hitherto prevented the trial being made . Now , the strait removes a part of this dan- ger , by presenting a certain place of retreat , should a gale oppose itself to the ship in the ...
... Land , lying in about 350 south and 113 ° east , has hitherto prevented the trial being made . Now , the strait removes a part of this dan- ger , by presenting a certain place of retreat , should a gale oppose itself to the ship in the ...
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... land . before each ; the multitude of boats re- The only exportable articles of any importance which Ceylon produces are pearls , cinnamon , and elephants . Mr. Percival has presented us with an ex- The warlike habits of the Candians ...
... land . before each ; the multitude of boats re- The only exportable articles of any importance which Ceylon produces are pearls , cinnamon , and elephants . Mr. Percival has presented us with an ex- The warlike habits of the Candians ...
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... land in which we live , from re- flecting , that the indiscriminate activity of the sun generates what is loathsome , as well as what is lovely ; that the asp reposes under the rose ; and the scor- pion crawls under the fragrant flower ...
... land in which we live , from re- flecting , that the indiscriminate activity of the sun generates what is loathsome , as well as what is lovely ; that the asp reposes under the rose ; and the scor- pion crawls under the fragrant flower ...
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Page 206 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
Page 291 - ... paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers — to be taxed no more.
Page 205 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 291 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
Page 292 - In the four quarters of the globe who reads an American book?
Page 291 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added...
Page 248 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
Page 292 - ... to persuade their supporters that they are the greatest, the most refined, the most enlightened, and the most moral people upon earth. The effect of this is unspeakably ludicrous on this side of the Atlantic — and, even on the other, we should imagine, must be rather humiliating to the reasonable part of the population.
Page 247 - But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue, our sense, science, and genius, in bales and hogsheads ? Prairies, steam-boats, grist-mills, are their natural objects for centuries to come.
Page 1 - Episcopal limits behind, and swells out into boundless convexity of frizz, the yue-ya 6av/ta of barbers, and the terror of the literary world. After the manner of his wig, the Doctor has constructed his sermon, giving us a discourse of no common length, and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes, which appear to concern every learned thing, every learned man, and almost every unlearned man since the beginning of the world.