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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... pleasure of his company , the convicts very naturally thought of picking his pockets ; the necessity of which professional measure was prevented by a speedy distribution of their contents . Forth from his bill - case this votary of ...
... pleasure of his company , the convicts very naturally thought of picking his pockets ; the necessity of which professional measure was prevented by a speedy distribution of their contents . Forth from his bill - case this votary of ...
43. oldal
... pleasures of memory , and all the elegant gratifications of an ancient people who have tamed the wild earth , and set down to amuse themselves . This is the natu- - ral march of human affairs . — [ E. R. 1818. ] AMERICAN SENSITIVENESS ...
... pleasures of memory , and all the elegant gratifications of an ancient people who have tamed the wild earth , and set down to amuse themselves . This is the natu- - ral march of human affairs . — [ E. R. 1818. ] AMERICAN SENSITIVENESS ...
44. oldal
... pleasure of sulkiness , of not being forced to hear a word from anybody which may occasion to him the necessity of replying . It is not so much that Mr. Bull disdains to talk , as that Mr. Bull has nothing to say . His forefathers have ...
... pleasure of sulkiness , of not being forced to hear a word from anybody which may occasion to him the necessity of replying . It is not so much that Mr. Bull disdains to talk , as that Mr. Bull has nothing to say . His forefathers have ...
46. oldal
... pleasure to such a land of freedom and such a magnificent spectacle of human happiness . [ E . R. 1824. ] AMERICAN REPUDIATION . THE Americans , who boast to have improved the in- stitutions of the old world , have at least equalled its ...
... pleasure to such a land of freedom and such a magnificent spectacle of human happiness . [ E . R. 1824. ] AMERICAN REPUDIATION . THE Americans , who boast to have improved the in- stitutions of the old world , have at least equalled its ...
60. oldal
... pleasure arising from wit proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be similar in which we sus- pected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls . proceeds from our discovering two things to be dissimilar in ...
... pleasure arising from wit proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be similar in which we sus- pected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls . proceeds from our discovering two things to be dissimilar in ...
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