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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... 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 journal . PUBLIC OPINION IN ...
... 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 journal . PUBLIC OPINION IN ...
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... truth . - [ E. R. ] THE INDICATIVE MOOD . THE whole merit of violent deviations from common style depends upon their rarity , and nothing does , for ten pages together , but the indicative mood . - [ E. R. ] ACQUISITION OF GOOD ...
... truth . - [ E. R. ] THE INDICATIVE MOOD . THE whole merit of violent deviations from common style depends upon their rarity , and nothing does , for ten pages together , but the indicative mood . - [ E. R. ] ACQUISITION OF GOOD ...
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... truth , imagine we had observed , in some of their faces , a bold project for procuring better breeches for keeping out the blasts of heaven , which howled through those garments in every direction , and of aspiring hereafter to greater ...
... truth , imagine we had observed , in some of their faces , a bold project for procuring better breeches for keeping out the blasts of heaven , which howled through those garments in every direction , and of aspiring hereafter to greater ...
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... truths of religion . - [ E. R. 1808. ] LOW ARTS OF FANATICS . THE Tabernacle really is to the church what Sadler's Wells is to the Drama . There , popularity is gained by vaulting and tumbling , - by low arts , which the regular clergy ...
... truths of religion . - [ E. R. 1808. ] LOW ARTS OF FANATICS . THE Tabernacle really is to the church what Sadler's Wells is to the Drama . There , popularity is gained by vaulting and tumbling , - by low arts , which the regular clergy ...
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... truths and practices of Christianity ? Where are the clergy to come from ? Who is to defray the expense of the establishment ? and who can foresee the immense and perilous difficulties of bending the laws , manners , and institutions of ...
... truths and practices of Christianity ? Where are the clergy to come from ? Who is to defray the expense of the establishment ? and who can foresee the immense and perilous difficulties of bending the laws , manners , and institutions of ...
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