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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... thousand evils were in existence , which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review . - 3 MODERN IMPROVEMENTS .
... thousand evils were in existence , which the talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review . - 3 MODERN IMPROVEMENTS .
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Their only idea of wit , or rather that inferior variety of this electric talent which prevails occasionally in the North , and which , under the name of WUT , is so infinitely distressing to people of good taste , is laughing ...
Their only idea of wit , or rather that inferior variety of this electric talent which prevails occasionally in the North , and which , under the name of WUT , is so infinitely distressing to people of good taste , is laughing ...
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It is therefore necessary to add to their number a certain portion of novi homines , men of established character for talents , and upon whom } DR . PARR . 13 the previous tenor of.
It is therefore necessary to add to their number a certain portion of novi homines , men of established character for talents , and upon whom } DR . PARR . 13 the previous tenor of.
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The evil of this is that the title descends to their posterity , without the talents and the utility that procured it ; and the dignity of the peerage is impaired by the increase of its numbers : not only so , but as the peerage is the ...
The evil of this is that the title descends to their posterity , without the talents and the utility that procured it ; and the dignity of the peerage is impaired by the increase of its numbers : not only so , but as the peerage is the ...
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It is seldom , we suspect , that absolute dunces go to the Bay , but commonly men of active minds , and considerable talents in their various lines who have not learnt , indeed , the art of self - discipline and control , but who are ...
It is seldom , we suspect , that absolute dunces go to the Bay , but commonly men of active minds , and considerable talents in their various lines who have not learnt , indeed , the art of self - discipline and control , but who are ...
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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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