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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... society one third of the gentlemen at least were always drunk . — [ Memoir . ] - SCOTLAND IN 1798 . Ir requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding . Their only idea of wit , or rather that inferior ...
... society one third of the gentlemen at least were always drunk . — [ Memoir . ] - SCOTLAND IN 1798 . Ir requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding . Their only idea of wit , or rather that inferior ...
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... the most profound sleep ; from which he could not , by any means , be awakened for a great length of time . By attending , however , to the rules prescribed by the BOOKSELLERS HACKS - FORESTALLING , REGRATING . 15 Humane Society.
... the most profound sleep ; from which he could not , by any means , be awakened for a great length of time . By attending , however , to the rules prescribed by the BOOKSELLERS HACKS - FORESTALLING , REGRATING . 15 Humane Society.
15. oldal
... Society , flinging in the smoke of tobacco , ap- plying hot flannels , and carefully removing the discourse itself to a great distance , the critic was restored to his disconsolate brothers .- [ E . R. 1802. ] BOOKSELLERS ' HACKS . WE ...
... Society , flinging in the smoke of tobacco , ap- plying hot flannels , and carefully removing the discourse itself to a great distance , the critic was restored to his disconsolate brothers .- [ E . R. 1802. ] BOOKSELLERS ' HACKS . WE ...
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... at home . But the expense is not saved to the country at large . The nefarious needleman writes home , that he is as comfort- able as a finger in a thimble ! that though a fraction SOCIETY AT BOTANY BAY . 19 only of humanity ,
... at home . But the expense is not saved to the country at large . The nefarious needleman writes home , that he is as comfort- able as a finger in a thimble ! that though a fraction SOCIETY AT BOTANY BAY . 19 only of humanity ,
19. oldal
... SOCIETY AT BOTANY BAY . Ir is seldom , we suspect , that absolute dunces go to the Bay , but commonly men of active minds , and con- siderable talents in their various lines who have not learnt , indeed , the art of self - discipline ...
... SOCIETY AT BOTANY BAY . Ir is seldom , we suspect , that absolute dunces go to the Bay , but commonly men of active minds , and con- siderable talents in their various lines who have not learnt , indeed , the art of self - discipline ...
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