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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... Wisdom of our Ancestors the Wisdom of Ages - venerable Antiquity - Wisdom of Old Times . - This mischievous and absurd fallacy springs from the grossest perversion of the meaning of words . Experience is certainly the mother of wisdom ...
... Wisdom of our Ancestors the Wisdom of Ages - venerable Antiquity - Wisdom of Old Times . - This mischievous and absurd fallacy springs from the grossest perversion of the meaning of words . Experience is certainly the mother of wisdom ...
189. oldal
... wisdom of yesterday in competition with the wisdom of centuries ? ( Hear , hear ! ) Is beardless youth to show no respect for the decisions of mature age ? ( Loud cries of hear ! hear ! ) If this measure be right , would it have 190 ...
... wisdom of yesterday in competition with the wisdom of centuries ? ( Hear , hear ! ) Is beardless youth to show no respect for the decisions of mature age ? ( Loud cries of hear ! hear ! ) If this measure be right , would it have 190 ...
190. oldal
... wisdom of those Saxon progenitors to whom we are indebted for so many of our best political institu- tions ? Would the Dane have passed it over ? Would the Norman have rejected it ? Would such a notable discovery have been reserved for ...
... wisdom of those Saxon progenitors to whom we are indebted for so many of our best political institu- tions ? Would the Dane have passed it over ? Would the Norman have rejected it ? Would such a notable discovery have been reserved for ...
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