The Works of Sydney SmithE. G. Taylor, 1844 - 333 páginas |
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... spirit of the It is impossible to conceive the mischievous power of the corrupt alarmists of those days , and the despotic man- ner in which they exercised their authority . They were fair objects for the Edinburgh Review . Windham and ...
... spirit of the It is impossible to conceive the mischievous power of the corrupt alarmists of those days , and the despotic man- ner in which they exercised their authority . They were fair objects for the Edinburgh Review . Windham and ...
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... spirit of political innovation , which , we suppose , is meant by the name of Jaco- binism , than we ourselves do ; but we were highly amused with this proof , ab ebriis sutoribus , of the prostration of Europe , the last hour of human ...
... spirit of political innovation , which , we suppose , is meant by the name of Jaco- binism , than we ourselves do ; but we were highly amused with this proof , ab ebriis sutoribus , of the prostration of Europe , the last hour of human ...
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... spirit , or general opinion , which gives such strength to vice , may be rendered serviceable to the cause of All that Mrs. Trimmer has to observe against this virtue ; and in thus directing it , the whole secret , the very striking ...
... spirit , or general opinion , which gives such strength to vice , may be rendered serviceable to the cause of All that Mrs. Trimmer has to observe against this virtue ; and in thus directing it , the whole secret , the very striking ...
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... spirit of emula boy , I put a label upon his breast , I walk him round tion would make them better ushers , tradesmen , and the school with a tin or paper crown upon his head . ' mechanics . We did , in truth , imagine we had ob Surely ...
... spirit of emula boy , I put a label upon his breast , I walk him round tion would make them better ushers , tradesmen , and the school with a tin or paper crown upon his head . ' mechanics . We did , in truth , imagine we had ob Surely ...
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... spirit of Catholic opposition was gradually formed ; for that it did produce powerful effects at a subsequent period , he does not deny ; but contends only ( as we have before stated ) , that these effects have been much overrated , and ...
... spirit of Catholic opposition was gradually formed ; for that it did produce powerful effects at a subsequent period , he does not deny ; but contends only ( as we have before stated ) , that these effects have been much overrated , and ...
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Página 262 - Are you really my son Esau, or not?" 22 So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Página 93 - The school-boy 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...
Página 297 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, as settled by law within this realm...
Página 93 - ... on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man ; taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite and the drug that restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride ; at bed or board; couchant or levant, we must pay.
Página 93 - Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory ; — taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste— taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Página 100 - He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and all the highest attainments of human genius were within his reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of a man was to make other men happy and free ; and in that straight line he went...
Página 97 - ... been so base as to instigate the insurgents to rob the clergy of their tithes, not in order to alleviate the distresses of the tenantry, but that they might add the clergy's share to the cruel rack-rents they already paid. The poor people of Munster lived in a more abject state of poverty than human nature could be supposed equal to bear.
Página 9 - ... can be very powerfully affected. What can be more ludicrous, than an orator delivering stale indignation, and fervour of a week old; turning over whole pages of violent passions, written out in German text ; reading the tropes and apostrophes into which he is hurried by the ardour of his mind; and so affected at a preconcerted line, and page, that he is unable to proceed any...
Página 94 - 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...
Página 229 - Thus, not only had all Ireland suffered confiscation in the course of this century, but no inconsiderable portion of it had been twice and even thrice confiscated. Well might Lord Clare say, ' that the situation of the Irish nation, at the Revolution, stands unparalleled in the history of the inhabited world.