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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... young man , alive at this period , hardly knows to what improvements of human life he has been introduced ; and I would bring before his notice the fol- lowing eighteen changes which have taken place in England since I first began to ...
... young man , alive at this period , hardly knows to what improvements of human life he has been introduced ; and I would bring before his notice the fol- lowing eighteen changes which have taken place in England since I first began to ...
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... young lady of my ac- quaintance , at a dance in Edinburgh , exclaim , in a sudden pause of the music , " What you say , my Lord , is very true of love in the aibstract , but- " here the fiddlers began fiddling furiously , and the rest ...
... young lady of my ac- quaintance , at a dance in Edinburgh , exclaim , in a sudden pause of the music , " What you say , my Lord , is very true of love in the aibstract , but- " here the fiddlers began fiddling furiously , and the rest ...
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... young men , who would sub- mit to the labour of business from the stimulus of honour and wealth . Others should be there , expressly to speak the sentiments , and defend the interests , of the executive . Every popular assembly must be ...
... young men , who would sub- mit to the labour of business from the stimulus of honour and wealth . Others should be there , expressly to speak the sentiments , and defend the interests , of the executive . Every popular assembly must be ...
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... young , and wearies the patience of sensible men . In the university of Benares , in the lettered kingdom of Ava , among the Mandarins at Pekin , there must , doubtless , be many men who have the eloquence of Βάῤῥους , the feeling of ...
... young , and wearies the patience of sensible men . In the university of Benares , in the lettered kingdom of Ava , among the Mandarins at Pekin , there must , doubtless , be many men who have the eloquence of Βάῤῥους , the feeling of ...
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... young kangaroos looking out of its false uterus , to see what is passing . Then comes a quadruped as big as a large cat , with the eyes , colour , and skin of a mole , and the bill and web - feet of a duck -puzzling Dr. Shaw , and ...
... young kangaroos looking out of its false uterus , to see what is passing . Then comes a quadruped as big as a large cat , with the eyes , colour , and skin of a mole , and the bill and web - feet of a duck -puzzling Dr. Shaw , and ...
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