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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Finding that they were not to have the 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 .
Finding that they were not to have the 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 .
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Then , when they have got to the Pacific Ocean - epic poems , plays , pleasures of memory , and all the elegant gratifications of an ancient people who have tamed the wild earth , and set down to amuse themselves .
Then , when they have got to the Pacific Ocean - epic poems , plays , pleasures of memory , and all the elegant gratifications of an ancient people who have tamed the wild earth , and set down to amuse themselves .
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THERE is nothing which an Englishman enjoys more than the 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 ...
THERE is nothing which an Englishman enjoys more than the 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 ...
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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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The pleasure arising from wit proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be similar in which we suspected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls proceeds from our discovering two things to be dissimilar in ...
The pleasure arising from wit proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be similar in which we suspected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls proceeds from our discovering two things to be dissimilar in ...
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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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