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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... and where those exceptions do occur they are attributable to changes in the state of things or in the conduct of other men , not to any modification of the fixed and steadfast principles which governed the mind and the life of ...
... and where those exceptions do occur they are attributable to changes in the state of things or in the conduct of other men , not to any modification of the fixed and steadfast principles which governed the mind and the life of ...
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After the manner of his wig , the Doctor has constructed his sermon , giving us a discourse of no common length , and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes , which appear to concern every learned thing , every learned man ...
After the manner of his wig , the Doctor has constructed his sermon , giving us a discourse of no common length , and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes , which appear to concern every learned thing , every learned man ...
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... perspicuity without prolixity · ornament without glare terseness without barrenness - penetration without subtlety — comprehensiveness without digression and a great number of other things without a great number of other things .
... perspicuity without prolixity · ornament without glare terseness without barrenness - penetration without subtlety — comprehensiveness without digression and a great number of other things without a great number of other things .
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Lizards , cockroaches , and snakes , get into the bed ; ants eat up the books ; scorpions sting you on the foot . Every thing bites , stings , or bruises ; every second of your existence you are wounded by ...
Lizards , cockroaches , and snakes , get into the bed ; ants eat up the books ; scorpions sting you on the foot . Every thing bites , stings , or bruises ; every second of your existence you are wounded by ...
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The Doctor died ; and the Doctor's man ( perhaps to prove his master's theory , that the plague was not contagious ) ran away . — The bravery of our naval officers never produced any thing superior to this therapeutic heroism of the ...
The Doctor died ; and the Doctor's man ( perhaps to prove his master's theory , that the plague was not contagious ) ran away . — The bravery of our naval officers never produced any thing superior to this therapeutic heroism of the ...
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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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