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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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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... in general , a correct and elegant style is hardly attainable by those who have passed their lives in action : and no one has such a pedantic love of good writing , as to prefer mendacious finery to rough and ungrammatical truth .
... in general , a correct and elegant style is hardly attainable by those who have passed their lives in action : and no one has such a pedantic love of good writing , as to prefer mendacious finery to rough and ungrammatical truth .
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... in 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 ...
... in 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 ...
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THE great and permanent cause of the increase of Methodism , is the cause which has given birth to fanaticism in all ages , the facility of mingling human errors with the fundamental truths of religion . [ E. R. 1808. ] ...
THE great and permanent cause of the increase of Methodism , is the cause which has given birth to fanaticism in all ages , the facility of mingling human errors with the fundamental truths of religion . [ E. R. 1808. ] ...
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If proselytism were to go on as rapidly as the most visionary Anabaptist could dream or desire , in what manner are these people to be taught the genuine truths and practices of Christianity ? Where are the clergy to come from ?
If proselytism were to go on as rapidly as the most visionary Anabaptist could dream or desire , in what manner are these people to be taught the genuine truths and practices of Christianity ? Where are the clergy to come from ?
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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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