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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40. oldal
... poor man's salt , and the rich man's spice on the brass nails of the coffin , and the ribands of the bride - at bed or board , couchant or levant , we must pay . - The schoolboy whips his taxed top- the beardless youth manages his taxed ...
... poor man's salt , and the rich man's spice on the brass nails of the coffin , and the ribands of the bride - at bed or board , couchant or levant , we must pay . - The schoolboy whips his taxed top- the beardless youth manages his taxed ...
45. oldal
... poor but their inns are in- convenient , and travellers are teased with questions . They have no collections in the fine arts ; but they have no Lord Chancellor , and they can go to law without ab- solute ruin . They cannot make Latin ...
... poor but their inns are in- convenient , and travellers are teased with questions . They have no collections in the fine arts ; but they have no Lord Chancellor , and they can go to law without ab- solute ruin . They cannot make Latin ...
54. oldal
... poor man , because he cannot find bail , is not a gratuitous vexation , but a necessary severity ; justified only , because no other , nor milder mode of security can , in that particular in- stance , be produced .- [ E . R. 1803 ...
... poor man , because he cannot find bail , is not a gratuitous vexation , but a necessary severity ; justified only , because no other , nor milder mode of security can , in that particular in- stance , be produced .- [ E . R. 1803 ...
62. oldal
... poor Methodist , when he rode into Piccadilly in a thunder - storm , and imagined that all the uproar of the elements was a mere hint to him not to preach at Mr. Romaine's chapel . Hence a great deal of error , and a great deal of ...
... poor Methodist , when he rode into Piccadilly in a thunder - storm , and imagined that all the uproar of the elements was a mere hint to him not to preach at Mr. Romaine's chapel . Hence a great deal of error , and a great deal of ...
63. oldal
... poor must disappear , wherever these gloomy people get a footing . It is not the abuse of pleasure which they attack , but the interspersion of pleasure , however much it is guarded by good sense and moderation ; it is not only wicked ...
... poor must disappear , wherever these gloomy people get a footing . It is not the abuse of pleasure which they attack , but the interspersion of pleasure , however much it is guarded by good sense and moderation ; it is not only wicked ...
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