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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5. oldal
... idea of wit , or rather that inferior variety of this electric talent which prevails occasionally in the North , and which , under the name of WUT , is so infinitely distressing to people of good taste , is laughing immoderately at ...
... idea of wit , or rather that inferior variety of this electric talent which prevails occasionally in the North , and which , under the name of WUT , is so infinitely distressing to people of good taste , is laughing immoderately at ...
18. oldal
... idea of pun- ishment in transportation to New South Wales , is the enormous expense which that settlement would occasion if it really were made a place of punishment . A little wicked tailor arrives , of no use to the architectural pro ...
... idea of pun- ishment in transportation to New South Wales , is the enormous expense which that settlement would occasion if it really were made a place of punishment . A little wicked tailor arrives , of no use to the architectural pro ...
23. oldal
... ideas are more inseparable than Beer and Britannia ? -what event more awfully important to an English colony , than the erection of its first brew- house ? - [ E . R. 1823. ] 24 CEYLON IN 1803 . SELF - GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA.
... ideas are more inseparable than Beer and Britannia ? -what event more awfully important to an English colony , than the erection of its first brew- house ? - [ E . R. 1823. ] 24 CEYLON IN 1803 . SELF - GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA.
55. oldal
... ideas of right and wrong from a barbarous age , that is just saying , in other words , that Homer had very imperfect ideas of natural law . — [ E. R. 1802. ] BLACK FOPS . - THERE is a class of fops not usually designated by that epithet ...
... ideas of right and wrong from a barbarous age , that is just saying , in other words , that Homer had very imperfect ideas of natural law . — [ E. R. 1802. ] BLACK FOPS . - THERE is a class of fops not usually designated by that epithet ...
59. oldal
... idea of utility is always inimical to the idea of wit .- [ E . R. ] 60 IRISH BULLS . A GRACEFUL ILLUSTRATION . THE resemblance.
... idea of utility is always inimical to the idea of wit .- [ E . R. ] 60 IRISH BULLS . A GRACEFUL ILLUSTRATION . THE resemblance.
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