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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... as tall as a grenadier , with the head of a rabbit , a tail as big as a bed - post , hopping along at the rate of five hops to a mile , with three or four young kangaroos looking out of its false uterus , to see what is passing .
... as tall as a grenadier , with the head of a rabbit , a tail as big as a bed - post , hopping along at the rate of five hops to a mile , with three or four young kangaroos looking out of its false uterus , to see what is passing .
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SUCH men , to be sure , have existed as Julius Cæsar ; but , in general , a correct and elegant style is hardly attainable by those who have passed their lives in action : and no one has such a pedantic love of good writing , as to ...
SUCH men , to be sure , have existed as Julius Cæsar ; but , in general , a correct and elegant style is hardly attainable by those who have passed their lives in action : and no one has such a pedantic love of good writing , as to ...
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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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The situations of imaginary glory which he draws for himself , are the detection of an anapast in the wrong place , or the restoration of a dative case which Cranzius had passed over , and the never - dying Ernesti failed to observe .
The situations of imaginary glory which he draws for himself , are the detection of an anapast in the wrong place , or the restoration of a dative case which Cranzius had passed over , and the never - dying Ernesti failed to observe .
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It will most probably have passed through the steward's room , and butler's pantry , into the kitchen . This is the case with ghosts . They no longer loll on couches and sip tea ; but are down on their knees scrubbing with the scullion ...
It will most probably have passed through the steward's room , and butler's pantry , into the kitchen . This is the case with ghosts . They no longer loll on couches and sip tea ; but are down on their knees scrubbing with the scullion ...
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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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