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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... sure , have existed as Julius Cæsar ; but , in general , a correct and elegant style is hardly attainable by those who have passed their lives in action : and no one has such a pedantic love of good writing , as to prefer mendacious ...
... sure , have existed as Julius Cæsar ; but , in general , a correct and elegant style is hardly attainable by those who have passed their lives in action : and no one has such a pedantic love of good writing , as to prefer mendacious ...
62. oldal
... sure to be abused : the cry of , a judgment , a judgment , it is always easy to make , but not easy to resist . It en- courages the grossest superstitions ; for if the Deity rewards and punishes on every slight occasion , it is quite ...
... sure to be abused : the cry of , a judgment , a judgment , it is always easy to make , but not easy to resist . It en- courages the grossest superstitions ; for if the Deity rewards and punishes on every slight occasion , it is quite ...
79. oldal
... sure , in the timid profession of the church , to doom a man to eternal poverty and obscurity .- [ E . R. 1809. ] LITERARY PROLIXITY . This THERE is an event recorded in the Bible , which men who write books should keep constantly in ...
... sure , in the timid profession of the church , to doom a man to eternal poverty and obscurity .- [ E . R. 1809. ] LITERARY PROLIXITY . This THERE is an event recorded in the Bible , which men who write books should keep constantly in ...
83. oldal
... sure , is a very little time for the duration of a national error ; and it is so far from being reasonable to look for its decay at so short a date , that it can hardly be expected , within such limits , to have displayed the full bloom ...
... sure , is a very little time for the duration of a national error ; and it is so far from being reasonable to look for its decay at so short a date , that it can hardly be expected , within such limits , to have displayed the full bloom ...
84. oldal
... 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 . - - 85 good models as the.
... 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 . - - 85 good models as the.
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