The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings ConversationsLongmans, Green, 1865 - 355 oldal |
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... never lives for what is merely gracious , courteous , and ornamental . His faculties seem to be drenched and slackened by the eternal fogs in which he resides ; he is never alert , elastic , nor serene . His state of animal spirits is ...
... never lives for what is merely gracious , courteous , and ornamental . His faculties seem to be drenched and slackened by the eternal fogs in which he resides ; he is never alert , elastic , nor serene . His state of animal spirits is ...
194. oldal
... never had any pains in my stomach at ail . ' Gentlemen , these rotten boroughs are your pains in the stomach- and you would have been a much richer and greater people if you had never had them at all . Your wealth and your power have ...
... never had any pains in my stomach at ail . ' Gentlemen , these rotten boroughs are your pains in the stomach- and you would have been a much richer and greater people if you had never had them at all . Your wealth and your power have ...
306. oldal
... never stops the bottle , is never long and never wrong , always knows the day of the month and the name of everybody at table , and never gives pain to any human being . If anybody is wanted for a party , a nice person is the first ...
... never stops the bottle , is never long and never wrong , always knows the day of the month and the name of everybody at table , and never gives pain to any human being . If anybody is wanted for a party , a nice person is the first ...
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