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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... once the scorn and the scourge of Europe . * - [ E. R. 1803. ] * All this is , unfortunately , as true now as it was when written thirty years ago .- ( S . S. ) And not less true after the lapse of another period of nearly thirty years ...
... once the scorn and the scourge of Europe . * - [ E. R. 1803. ] * All this is , unfortunately , as true now as it was when written thirty years ago .- ( S . S. ) And not less true after the lapse of another period of nearly thirty years ...
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... once a serious trial of the energies and resources of the nation ? When the history of the colony has been attentively perused in the parish of St. Giles , the ancient avocation of picking pockets will certainly not become more dis ...
... once a serious trial of the energies and resources of the nation ? When the history of the colony has been attentively perused in the parish of St. Giles , the ancient avocation of picking pockets will certainly not become more dis ...
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... into the government , and rendered it as difficult to enter the kingdom of Candia , as if it were Paradise or China ; and yet , once there , always there ; for the difficulty of MALAYS . - THE KING OF KANDY . 25 departing.
... into the government , and rendered it as difficult to enter the kingdom of Candia , as if it were Paradise or China ; and yet , once there , always there ; for the difficulty of MALAYS . - THE KING OF KANDY . 25 departing.
25. oldal
... once exasperated a little French ambassador to such a degree , by the various pretences under which he kept him at his court , that this lively member of the Corps Diplomatique , one day , in a furious passion , attacked six or seven of ...
... once exasperated a little French ambassador to such a degree , by the various pretences under which he kept him at his court , that this lively member of the Corps Diplomatique , one day , in a furious passion , attacked six or seven of ...
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... once in a century . He had the whole power of the Turkish empire at his dis- posal for fifteen years ; and , after repeated efforts to im- prove the army , abandoned the scheme as totally impracticable . The celebrated Bonneval , in his ...
... once in a century . He had the whole power of the Turkish empire at his dis- posal for fifteen years ; and , after repeated efforts to im- prove the army , abandoned the scheme as totally impracticable . The celebrated Bonneval , in his ...
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