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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... 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 . - MODERN IMPROVEMENTS . " The good of ancient times let others state , I ...
... 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 . - MODERN IMPROVEMENTS . " The good of ancient times let others state , I ...
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... 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 immoderately at stated intervals . They are so imbued with metaphysics that they ...
... 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 immoderately at stated intervals . They are so imbued with metaphysics that they ...
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... conversant in all the niceties of law questions . 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 their.
... conversant in all the niceties of law questions . 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 their.
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... 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 reward of military , as well as the earnest of civil services , and as 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 reward of military , as well as the earnest of civil services , and as the ...
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... talents in their various lines who have not learnt , indeed , the art of self - discipline and control , but who are sent to learn it in the bitter school of ad- versity . And when this medicine produces its proper effect- when ...
... talents in their various lines who have not learnt , indeed , the art of self - discipline and control , but who are sent to learn it in the bitter school of ad- versity . And when this medicine produces its proper effect- when ...
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