 Libel was punished by the most cruel and vindictive imprisonments. The principles of political economy were little understood. The laws of debt and conspiracy were upon the worst footing. The enormous wickedness of the slave-trade was tolerated. A thousand...  A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith - Page 32de Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland - 1855Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Sydney Smith - 1839 - 464 pages
...existence, which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review. I see very little in my Reviews to alter or repent of: I always endeavoured to fight against evil,... | |
 | 1855 - 534 pages
...spring-guns were set all over the country ; prisoners tried for their lives could have no counsel. Lord Eldou and the Court of Chancery pressed heavily on mankind....by the honest boldness of the " Edinburgh Review." ' — Memoir, vol. i. pp.23, 24. His chief means of income in Edinburgh arose from his pupils, for... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 424 pages
...existence, which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review. I see very little in my Reviews to alter or repent of: I always endeavoured to fight against evil ;... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...state of England at the period when that journal began should be had in remembrance. The Catholies were not emancipated. The Corporation and Test Acts...by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review,." On his own prospects, in connection with the work, he says — " From the beginning of the century,... | |
 | 1845 - 670 pages
...existence, which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review." In 1803 he settled in London, leaving the Review, he says, in the stronger hands of Lord Jeffrey and... | |
 | 1845 - 970 pages
...existence, which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the ' Edinburgh Review.' " I see very little in my reviews to alter or repent of: I always endeavoured to fight against evil... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...existence, which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the "Edinburgh Review." I see very little in my reviews to alter or repent of: I always endeavored to fight against evil; and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...which the talents of good and able men have sinee lessened or removed ; and these effects have bcen not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the "Edinburgh Review." I sce very little in my reviews to alter or repent of: I always endeavored to fight against evil ;... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1852 - 726 pages
...were in existence, which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and their efforts have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the " Edinburgh Review"' The idea of danger from the extension of the Catholic religion in England I utterly deride The anserous... | |
 | 1852 - 498 pages
...existence, which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review. I see very little in my Reviews to alter or repent of: I always endeavoured to fight agaiust evil;... | |
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