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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... minds , and con- siderable 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 ...
... minds , and con- siderable 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 ...
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... mind . In all the operations of his understanding he must have time . He is capable of undertaking great journeys ; but he travels only a foot pace , and never leaps nor runs . He loves arithmetic better than lyric poetry , and affects ...
... mind . In all the operations of his understanding he must have time . He is capable of undertaking great journeys ; but he travels only a foot pace , and never leaps nor runs . He loves arithmetic better than lyric poetry , and affects ...
34. oldal
... mind , as is the belief in an immediate Providence ; and consequently , the Africans not only have their ordeal , but their con- jurors and magicians , who are appealed to in all the difficulties and uncertainties of life , and who ...
... mind , as is the belief in an immediate Providence ; and consequently , the Africans not only have their ordeal , but their con- jurors and magicians , who are appealed to in all the difficulties and uncertainties of life , and who ...
49. oldal
... mind's eye a whole army on the plains of Pennsylvania in battle array , immense corps of insolvent light infantry , regiments of heavy horse debtors , battalions of repudiators , brigades of bankrupts , with Vivre sans payer , ou mourir ...
... mind's eye a whole army on the plains of Pennsylvania in battle array , immense corps of insolvent light infantry , regiments of heavy horse debtors , battalions of repudiators , brigades of bankrupts , with Vivre sans payer , ou mourir ...
52. oldal
... minds whose principles , not yet ossified , are capable of affording a less powerful defence to its influence .- [ E . R. 1803. ] GILDING THE GALLOWS . Ir is in vain to say the fable evinces , in the last act , that vice is productive ...
... minds whose principles , not yet ossified , are capable of affording a less powerful defence to its influence .- [ E . R. 1803. ] GILDING THE GALLOWS . Ir is in vain to say the fable evinces , in the last act , that vice is productive ...
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