The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and Conversation |
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Accordingly , she makes cherries with the stone on the outside ; and a monstrous animal , as tall as a grenadier , with the head of a rabbit , a tail as big as a bed - post , hopping along at the rate of five hops to a mile , with three ...
Accordingly , she makes cherries with the stone on the outside ; and a monstrous animal , as tall as a grenadier , with the head of a rabbit , a tail as big as a bed - post , hopping along at the rate of five hops to a mile , with three ...
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... piece of animal life that nobody has ever seen before , except Swammerdam and Meriam . insect with eleven legs is swimming in your teacup , a nondescript with nine wings is struggling in the small beer , or a caterpillar with ...
... piece of animal life that nobody has ever seen before , except Swammerdam and Meriam . insect with eleven legs is swimming in your teacup , a nondescript with nine wings is struggling in the small beer , or a caterpillar with ...
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His state of animal spirits is so low , that what in other countries would be deemed dejection , proceeding from casual misfortune , is the habitual tenour and complexion of his mind . In all the operations of his understanding he must ...
His state of animal spirits is so low , that what in other countries would be deemed dejection , proceeding from casual misfortune , is the habitual tenour and complexion of his mind . In all the operations of his understanding he must ...
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THE Pagan African is commonly a merry , dancing animal , given to every species of antic and apish amusement ; and as he is unacquainted with the future and promised delights of the Arabian prophet , he enjoys the bad music ...
THE Pagan African is commonly a merry , dancing animal , given to every species of antic and apish amusement ; and as he is unacquainted with the future and promised delights of the Arabian prophet , he enjoys the bad music ...
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It is easy to talk of carnivorous animals and beasts of prey ; but does such a man , who lays waste a whole party of civilised beings by prosing , reflect upon the joys he spoils , and the misery he creates , in the course of his life ...
It is easy to talk of carnivorous animals and beasts of prey ; but does such a man , who lays waste a whole party of civilised beings by prosing , reflect upon the joys he spoils , and the misery he creates , in the course of his life ...
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| Cím | The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and Conversation |
| Szerző | Sydney Smith |
| Kiadás | újranyomás |
| Kiadó | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1869 |
| Eredeti forrása | Harvard Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2009. jan. 23. |
| Terjedelem | 355 oldal |
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