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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39. oldal
... thing , a constant di- minution of expense to every man living in it . No country , in fact , is so expensive as one which human beings are just beginning to inhabit ; — where there are no roads , no bridges , no skill , no help , no ...
... thing , a constant di- minution of expense to every man living in it . No country , in fact , is so expensive as one which human beings are just beginning to inhabit ; — where there are no roads , no bridges , no skill , no help , no ...
40. oldal
... thing which it is pleasant to see , hear , feel , smell , or taste taxes upon warmth , light , and locomotion - taxes on every thing on earth , and the waters under the earth on every thing that comes from abroad , or is grown at home ...
... thing which it is pleasant to see , hear , feel , smell , or taste taxes upon warmth , light , and locomotion - taxes on every thing on earth , and the waters under the earth on every thing that comes from abroad , or is grown at home ...
57. oldal
... : a heavy , pompous , med- dling peer , occupying a great share of the conversation— saying things in ten words which required only two , and evidently convinced that he is making a great impres- 58 DELPHINE . sion ; a large man with a.
... : a heavy , pompous , med- dling peer , occupying a great share of the conversation— saying things in ten words which required only two , and evidently convinced that he is making a great impres- 58 DELPHINE . sion ; a large man with a.
60. oldal
... things to be similar in which we sus- pected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls . proceeds from our discovering two things to be dissimilar in which a resemblance might have been suspected . It is clear that a bull cannot ...
... things to be similar in which we sus- pected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls . proceeds from our discovering two things to be dissimilar in which a resemblance might have been suspected . It is clear that a bull cannot ...
61. oldal
... thing ? — [ E . R. 1806. ] EMULATION OF RANK IN SCHOOLS . It is , above all things , perilous to create an order of merit in a primary school , because it gives the boys an idea of the origin of nobility . For our part , when we saw ...
... thing ? — [ E . R. 1806. ] EMULATION OF RANK IN SCHOOLS . It is , above all things , perilous to create an order of merit in a primary school , because it gives the boys an idea of the origin of nobility . For our part , when we saw ...
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