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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... talents in their various lines who have not learnt , indeed , the art of self - discipline and control , but who are sent to learn it in the bitter school of ad- versity . And when this medicine produces its proper effect when ...
... talents in their various lines who have not learnt , indeed , the art of self - discipline and control , but who are sent to learn it in the bitter school of ad- versity . And when this medicine produces its proper effect when ...
88. oldal
... TALENT . — CIVIL LIFE . -- WASTE OF TALENT . Ar present , we act with the minds of our young men , as the Dutch did with their exuberant spices . An in- finite quantity of talent is annually destroyed in the Universities of England by ...
... TALENT . — CIVIL LIFE . -- WASTE OF TALENT . Ar present , we act with the minds of our young men , as the Dutch did with their exuberant spices . An in- finite quantity of talent is annually destroyed in the Universities of England by ...
260. oldal
... talents , he only exists that boys may eat his labours , and poets sing about them . Ut pueris placeas et declamatio fias . A peasant girl of ten years old , puts the whole republic to death with a little smoke ; their palaces are ...
... talents , he only exists that boys may eat his labours , and poets sing about them . Ut pueris placeas et declamatio fias . A peasant girl of ten years old , puts the whole republic to death with a little smoke ; their palaces are ...
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