The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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... ment , and his just observations on human conduct , without ever rising so high as to touch the great pas- sions , or kindle any enthusiasm in favour of virtue . For eloquence we must ascend as high as the days of Barrow and Jeremy ...
... ment , and his just observations on human conduct , without ever rising so high as to touch the great pas- sions , or kindle any enthusiasm in favour of virtue . For eloquence we must ascend as high as the days of Barrow and Jeremy ...
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... ment in critical acumen . There is a political as well as a bodily hypochondriasis ; and there are empirics always on the watch to make their prey , either of the one or of the other . Dr. Solomon , Dr. Brodum , and Mr. Bowles , have ...
... ment in critical acumen . There is a political as well as a bodily hypochondriasis ; and there are empirics always on the watch to make their prey , either of the one or of the other . Dr. Solomon , Dr. Brodum , and Mr. Bowles , have ...
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... ment , of which we did not think him capable . If it proceeded from irreligious levity , we pity the man who has bad taste enough not to prefer honest dulness to such paltry celebrity . We beg leave to submit to Mr. Lewis , if Alfonso ...
... ment , of which we did not think him capable . If it proceeded from irreligious levity , we pity the man who has bad taste enough not to prefer honest dulness to such paltry celebrity . We beg leave to submit to Mr. Lewis , if Alfonso ...
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... ment taxes in direct contribution , are to assemble to- gether , and choose 100 members from their own number , who form what M. Neckar calls a Chamber of Indication . This Chamber of Indication is to pre- sent five candidates , of whom ...
... ment taxes in direct contribution , are to assemble to- gether , and choose 100 members from their own number , who form what M. Neckar calls a Chamber of Indication . This Chamber of Indication is to pre- sent five candidates , of whom ...
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... ment is rarely disturbed but from the most serious provocations , not to be expiated by any ordinary vengeance . The excesses of a free people are less im- portant , because their resentments are less serious ; and they can commit a ...
... ment is rarely disturbed but from the most serious provocations , not to be expiated by any ordinary vengeance . The excesses of a free people are less im- portant , because their resentments are less serious ; and they can commit a ...
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