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Page 14
... beg leave to submit to Mr. Lewis , if Alfonso , says in his prefaceconsidering the
great interest he has in the decision , * To the assertion , that my play is stupid , I
have nothing might not interfere a little in the long argument carried to object ...
... beg leave to submit to Mr. Lewis , if Alfonso , says in his prefaceconsidering the
great interest he has in the decision , * To the assertion , that my play is stupid , I
have nothing might not interfere a little in the long argument carried to object ...
Page 16
It is an object of the highest curiosity , course to avoid the trouble of carrying the
infant about thus to have the growth of a nation subjected to our is the duty of the
woman . The operation for this destruc examination ; to irace it by such faithful ...
It is an object of the highest curiosity , course to avoid the trouble of carrying the
infant about thus to have the growth of a nation subjected to our is the duty of the
woman . The operation for this destruc examination ; to irace it by such faithful ...
Page 17
If we A sickle 0 1 suppose that something more than a fifth of the free Hire of a
boat to carry grain per day people were women , this will make the total of women
1,210 ; of whom we may fairly presume that 800 were “ The settlers were ...
If we A sickle 0 1 suppose that something more than a fifth of the free Hire of a
boat to carry grain per day people were women , this will make the total of women
1,210 ; of whom we may fairly presume that 800 were “ The settlers were ...
Page 19
Neither is nothing but the vague and customary notions concern . it any common
enjoyment , to turn for a while from ing it , which are carried and brought back for
half a the memory of those distractions which have so century , without ...
Neither is nothing but the vague and customary notions concern . it any common
enjoyment , to turn for a while from ing it , which are carried and brought back for
half a the memory of those distractions which have so century , without ...
Page 24
It is almost superfluous to state , that the most paratively little questions of
Establishment are all bloody and pernicious warfare was carried on upon that
this country is capable of discussing or regard the borders -- somet mes for
something ...
It is almost superfluous to state , that the most paratively little questions of
Establishment are all bloody and pernicious warfare was carried on upon that
this country is capable of discussing or regard the borders -- somet mes for
something ...
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| Title | The Works of Sydney Smith |
| Author | Sydney Smith |
| Publisher | E. G. Taylor, 1844 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 333 pages |
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