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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77. oldal
... as to see the excellent passions of the human heart called forth by a great actor , animated by a great poet ? To hear Siddons repeat what Shakspeare wrote ! To behold the child 78 POLITICAL OPPOSITION . - JEALOUSY OF FREEDOM . ―dd.
... as to see the excellent passions of the human heart called forth by a great actor , animated by a great poet ? To hear Siddons repeat what Shakspeare wrote ! To behold the child 78 POLITICAL OPPOSITION . - JEALOUSY OF FREEDOM . ―dd.
78. oldal
... passion wrung with one common anguish , and , with loud sobs and cries , doing involuntary homage to the God that made their hearts ! What wretched infatuation to interdict such amuse- ments as these ! What a blessing that mankind can ...
... passion wrung with one common anguish , and , with loud sobs and cries , doing involuntary homage to the God that made their hearts ! What wretched infatuation to interdict such amuse- ments as these ! What a blessing that mankind can ...
84. oldal
... passion , all modern languages are dull , ill contrived , and barbarous .- [ E . R. 1809. ] THE CLASSICAL AUTHORS . WHATEVER Our conjectures may be , we cannot be sure that the best modern writers can afford us as CLASSICAL PEDANTRY ...
... passion , all modern languages are dull , ill contrived , and barbarous .- [ E . R. 1809. ] THE CLASSICAL AUTHORS . WHATEVER Our conjectures may be , we cannot be sure that the best modern writers can afford us as CLASSICAL PEDANTRY ...
87. oldal
... passion for languages is just as strong as any other literary passion . There are very good Persian and Arabic scholars in this country . Large heaps of trash have been dug up from Sanscrit ruins . We have seen , in our own times , a ...
... passion for languages is just as strong as any other literary passion . There are very good Persian and Arabic scholars in this country . Large heaps of trash have been dug up from Sanscrit ruins . We have seen , in our own times , a ...
98. oldal
... passion for military glory , which really seems to be the most fruitful source of human misery .- [ E . R. 1813. ] FREQUENCY OF WARS . ALAS ! we have been at war thirty - five minutes out of every hour since the peace of Utrecht .- [ E ...
... passion for military glory , which really seems to be the most fruitful source of human misery .- [ E . R. 1813. ] FREQUENCY OF WARS . ALAS ! we have been at war thirty - five minutes out of every hour since the peace of Utrecht .- [ E ...
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