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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I NOW consider the war between France and England no longer as an occasional quarrel or temporary dispute , but as an antipathy and national horror , after the same kind as subsists between the kite and the crow , or the churchwarden ...
I NOW consider the war between France and England no longer as an occasional quarrel or temporary dispute , but as an antipathy and national horror , after the same kind as subsists between the kite and the crow , or the churchwarden ...
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No person considers himself as so completely deprived of a share in the government , who is to enjoy it when he becomes older , as he would do , were that privilege deferred till he became richer ; -time comes to all , wealth to few .
No person considers himself as so completely deprived of a share in the government , who is to enjoy it when he becomes older , as he would do , were that privilege deferred till he became richer ; -time comes to all , wealth to few .
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... are goaded by want , and hovering between vice and virtue , from looking upon it as a place of suffering - perhaps leads them to consider it as the land of hope and refuge , to them unattainable , except by the commission of crime .
... are goaded by want , and hovering between vice and virtue , from looking upon it as a place of suffering - perhaps leads them to consider it as the land of hope and refuge , to them unattainable , except by the commission of crime .
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The great city upholsterers generally consider six feet as barely sufficient for a person rising in business , and assisting occasionally at official banquets . — [ E. R. 1823. ] A VOYAGE TO BOTANY BAY . WHILE a convict vessel lay at ...
The great city upholsterers generally consider six feet as barely sufficient for a person rising in business , and assisting occasionally at official banquets . — [ E. R. 1823. ] A VOYAGE TO BOTANY BAY . WHILE a convict vessel lay at ...
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Does he consider the extreme uneasiness which ensues , when the company have discovered a man to be an extremely absurd person , at the same time that it is absolutely impossible to convey , by words or manner , the most distant ...
Does he consider the extreme uneasiness which ensues , when the company have discovered a man to be an extremely absurd person , at the same time that it is absolutely impossible to convey , by words or manner , the most distant ...
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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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