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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In the four quarters of the globe , who reads an 1 American book ? or goes to an American play ? or looks at an American picture or statue ? What does the world yet owe to American physicians or surgeons ? What new substances have their ...
In the four quarters of the globe , who reads an 1 American book ? or goes to an American play ? or looks at an American picture or statue ? What does the world yet owe to American physicians or surgeons ? What new substances have their ...
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It is impossible to speak of it with too much indignation and contempt ; but for it we should look forward with unqualified pleasure to such a land of freedom and such a magnificent spectacle of human happiness . [ E . R. 1824. ] ...
It is impossible to speak of it with too much indignation and contempt ; but for it we should look forward with unqualified pleasure to such a land of freedom and such a magnificent spectacle of human happiness . [ E . R. 1824. ] ...
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... as it actually exists ; to tell them that they will often find vice perfectly successful , virtue exposed to a long train of afflictions ; that they must bear this patiently , and look to another world for its rectification .
... as it actually exists ; to tell them that they will often find vice perfectly successful , virtue exposed to a long train of afflictions ; that they must bear this patiently , and look to another world for its rectification .
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The public reports of those , however , who have been appointed to look into the manner in which public offices are conducted , by no means justify this usage of the term ; — and we are not without apprehensions , that Dutch politeness ...
The public reports of those , however , who have been appointed to look into the manner in which public offices are conducted , by no means justify this usage of the term ; — and we are not without apprehensions , that Dutch politeness ...
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84 VALUE OF CLASSICAL LEARNING . ladder , we must kick it down ; as soon as we have passed over the bridge , we must let it rot ; -when we have got upon the shoulders of the ancients , we must look over their heads .
84 VALUE OF CLASSICAL LEARNING . ladder , we must kick it down ; as soon as we have passed over the bridge , we must let it rot ; -when we have got upon the shoulders of the ancients , we must look over their heads .
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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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