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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After the manner of his wig , the Doctor has constructed his sermon , giving us a discourse of no common length , and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes , which appear to concern every learned thing , every learned man ...
After the manner of his wig , the Doctor has constructed his sermon , giving us a discourse of no common length , and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes , which appear to concern every learned thing , every learned man ...
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This absurdity of attributing the high price of corn to the combinations of farmers , was the common nonsense talked in the days of my youth . I remember when ten judges out of twelve laid down this doctrine in their charges to the ...
This absurdity of attributing the high price of corn to the combinations of farmers , was the common nonsense talked in the days of my youth . I remember when ten judges out of twelve laid down this doctrine in their charges to the ...
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TRANSPORTATION . and persons so dainty , and so truly admirable , had better settle at Clapham Common than at Botany Bay . Mr. Marsden , who has no happiness from six o'clock Monday morning , till the same hour the week following ...
TRANSPORTATION . and persons so dainty , and so truly admirable , had better settle at Clapham Common than at Botany Bay . Mr. Marsden , who has no happiness from six o'clock Monday morning , till the same hour the week following ...
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A COMMON mode of theft practised by the common people engaged in the pearl fishery , is by swallowing the pearls . Whenever any one is suspected of having swallowed these precious pills of Cleopatra , the police apothecaries are ...
A COMMON mode of theft practised by the common people engaged in the pearl fishery , is by swallowing the pearls . Whenever any one is suspected of having swallowed these precious pills of Cleopatra , the police apothecaries are ...
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AMONG the great variety of birds in Ceylon , we were struck with Mr. Percival's account of the honey - bird , into whose body the soul of a common informer appears to have migrated . It makes a loud and shrill noise , to attract the ...
AMONG the great variety of birds in Ceylon , we were struck with Mr. Percival's account of the honey - bird , into whose body the soul of a common informer appears to have migrated . It makes a loud and shrill noise , to attract the ...
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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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