The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and ConversationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 355 oldal |
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... gentlemen at least were always drunk . — [ Memoir . ] - SCOTLAND IN 1798 . Ir requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding . Their only idea of wit , or rather that inferior variety of this electric ...
... gentlemen at least were always drunk . — [ Memoir . ] - SCOTLAND IN 1798 . Ir requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding . Their only idea of wit , or rather that inferior variety of this electric ...
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... gentleman en- gaged in reviewing this sermon , proves , in the most strik- ing manner , the importance of the charity for which it was preached in restoring to life persons in whom the vital power is suspended . He was discovered with ...
... gentleman en- gaged in reviewing this sermon , proves , in the most strik- ing manner , the importance of the charity for which it was preached in restoring to life persons in whom the vital power is suspended . He was discovered with ...
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... and a book to the scholar . It is a natural umbrella , and is of as eminent service in that country as a great - coat tree would be in this . - [ E . R. 1803. ] 28 COUNTRY GENTLEMEN AS NATURALISTS . COUNTRY GENTLEMEN AS NATURALISTS.
... and a book to the scholar . It is a natural umbrella , and is of as eminent service in that country as a great - coat tree would be in this . - [ E . R. 1803. ] 28 COUNTRY GENTLEMEN AS NATURALISTS . COUNTRY GENTLEMEN AS NATURALISTS.
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... GENTLEMEN AS NATURALISTS . COUNTRY GENTLEMEN AS NATURALISTS . THERE is something , too , to be highly respected and praised in the conduct of a country gentleman who , instead of exhausting life in the chase , has dedicated a ...
... GENTLEMEN AS NATURALISTS . COUNTRY GENTLEMEN AS NATURALISTS . THERE is something , too , to be highly respected and praised in the conduct of a country gentleman who , instead of exhausting life in the chase , has dedicated a ...
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... gentleman who has been in the forests of Cayenne ; but we are determined , as soon as a campanero is brought to England ... gentlemen in Bond Street created ? To what purpose were certain foolish prating Members of Parliament created ...
... gentleman who has been in the forests of Cayenne ; but we are determined , as soon as a campanero is brought to England ... gentlemen in Bond Street created ? To what purpose were certain foolish prating Members of Parliament created ...
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