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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The most salient of these passages ( though by no means all which might be selected from his works ) will be found in the present volume . In the arrangement of them under separate headings , for which the Editor is responsible ...
The most salient of these passages ( though by no means all which might be selected from his works ) will be found in the present volume . In the arrangement of them under separate headings , for which the Editor is responsible ...
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With this view the present selection has been made , but upon a principle differing altogether from the plan adopted by the American Editor . The volume prepared by Mr. Duyckink is in fact an abridgment of the life and of the principal ...
With this view the present selection has been made , but upon a principle differing altogether from the plan adopted by the American Editor . The volume prepared by Mr. Duyckink is in fact an abridgment of the life and of the principal ...
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But this was too near the truth to be admitted ; so we took our present grave motto from Publius Syrus , of whom none of us had , I am sure , read a single line ; and so began what has since turned out to be a very important and able ...
But this was too near the truth to be admitted ; so we took our present grave motto from Publius Syrus , of whom none of us had , I am sure , read a single line ; and so began what has since turned out to be a very important and able ...
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... and that the opportunity of beginning this immense edifice of human happiness is so far from being presented to them at present , that it is extremely problematical whether or not they are to be bandied from one vulgar usurper to ...
... and that the opportunity of beginning this immense edifice of human happiness is so far from being presented to them at present , that it is extremely problematical whether or not they are to be bandied from one vulgar usurper to ...
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THE want of all the true elements of constitutional government must retard , for a very long period , the practical enjoyment of liberty in France , and present very serious obstacles to her prosperity ; obstacles little dreamed of by ...
THE want of all the true elements of constitutional government must retard , for a very long period , the practical enjoyment of liberty in France , and present very serious obstacles to her prosperity ; obstacles little dreamed of by ...
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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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