The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 4Longman, 1840 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 24
Page 2
... constitution ; that they have to experience all the danger and all the inconvenience which results from the rashness and the imperfect views of legislators , who have every thing to conjecture , and every thing to create ; that they ...
... constitution ; that they have to experience all the danger and all the inconvenience which results from the rashness and the imperfect views of legislators , who have every thing to conjecture , and every thing to create ; that they ...
Page 3
... constitution of France . 2. On the best form of a Republic One and In- divisible . 3. On the best form of a ... constitutions in France , M. Neckar has not escaped . The subject has proved too rapid for the author ; and its existence has ...
... constitution of France . 2. On the best form of a Republic One and In- divisible . 3. On the best form of a ... constitutions in France , M. Neckar has not escaped . The subject has proved too rapid for the author ; and its existence has ...
Page 6
... Constitution , and People : they infuse sentiments which nothing but violent passions and gross objects of sense could infuse ; and which would never exist , perhaps , if the sober constituents were to sneak , one by one , into a ...
... Constitution , and People : they infuse sentiments which nothing but violent passions and gross objects of sense could infuse ; and which would never exist , perhaps , if the sober constituents were to sneak , one by one , into a ...
Page 8
... constitution M. Neckar manages in the following manner . There are two councils , the great and the little . The great council is composed of five members from each department , elected in the manner we have just described , and ...
... constitution M. Neckar manages in the following manner . There are two councils , the great and the little . The great council is composed of five members from each department , elected in the manner we have just described , and ...
Page 11
... constitution , every thing must be conjectured ; for experience enables us to make no assertion respecting it . There is only one government in the modern world , which , from the effects it has produced , and the time it has endured ...
... constitution , every thing must be conjectured ; for experience enables us to make no assertion respecting it . There is only one government in the modern world , which , from the effects it has produced , and the time it has endured ...
Common terms and phrases
absurd admirable Anastasius appears army Ashantee authority believe bill Bishop Bishop of Lincoln Cape Coast Castle Catholic Catteau character church clergy Colonel Munro consequence constitution Coomassie court court of Denmark curates danger Danish death Delphine Denmark duty effect England English evil executive favour fear feelings gentlemen give happiness honour human interest Ireland Irish justice King labour land liberty living Lord Macdowall Madame d'Epinay Madame de Staël mankind manner means measure ment ministers moral narrative nation nature Neckar never Norway object observed officers opinion Overseers parish Parliament passed passions persons political poor Poor-Laws population Port Jackson present principle probably Protestant punishment qu'il reason rector Reform reign religion rendered residence respectable rixdollars Rose settlement Sir George Barlow Sir Patrick Hume society species spirit suppose talents thing tion vice whole Wittman
Popular passages
Page 389 - In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and...
Page 198 - If we look to what the waters produce, shoals of the fry of fish frequent the margins of rivers, of lakes, and of the sea itself. These are so happy that they know not what to do with themselves. Their attitudes, their vivacity, their leaps out of the water, their frolics in it (which I have noticed a thousand times with equal attention and amusement), all conduce to show their excess of spirits, and are simply the effects of that excess.
Page 98 - ... form of their good sense. At present they should denominate themselves a Society for sup-pressing the vices of persons whose income does not exceed...
Page 301 - The usual stories are repeated here, of the immense size and voracious appetite of a certain species of serpent. The best history of this kind we ever remember to have read, was of a serpent killed near one of our settlements, in the East Indies; in whose body they found the chaplain of the garrison, all in black, the Rev. Mr. (somebody or other, whose name we have forgotten), and who, after having been missing for above a week, was discovered in this very inconvenient situation.
Page 389 - The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington.
Page 141 - Rucar*), now in my. custody and most valuable. My aunt played and sung well, and had a great deal of life and humour, but no turn to business ; though my mother had the same qualifications, and liked it as well as she did, she was forced to drudge ; and many jokes used to pass betwixt the sisters about their different occupations...
Page 259 - Concerning the supply of young men, although we must use force in taking them up, yet it being so much for their own good, and likely to be of so great advantage to the public, it is not the least doubted but that you may have such a number of them as you may think fit to make use of on this account.
Page 395 - Then look at the gigantic Brougham, sworn in at twelve o'clock, and before six, has a bill on the table abolishing the abuses of a court which has been the curse of the people of England for centuries.
Page 133 - ... from them the real state of his connexion with France, and from some of them, at least, the secret of what he was pleased to call his religion.
Page 396 - ... those abuses, which all the genius and talent of the profession have hitherto been employed to justify, and to protect. Look to Brougham, and turn you to that side where he waves his long and lean finger ; and mark well that face which nature has marked so forcibly — which dissolves pensions — turns jobbers into honest men — scares away the plunderer of the public — and is a terror to him who doeth evil to the people.