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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47. oldal
... thought the United States the most magnificent picture of human happiness : I meddle now in these matters because I hate fraud- because I pity the misery it has occasioned - because I mourn over the hatred it has excited against free ...
... thought the United States the most magnificent picture of human happiness : I meddle now in these matters because I hate fraud- because I pity the misery it has occasioned - because I mourn over the hatred it has excited against free ...
48. oldal
... thought , and seek in the prisons of England for better rules of life .- [ Letters on American Debts . ] AMERICAN CREDIT . THIS new and vain people can never forgive us for having preceded them 300 years in civilisation . They are ...
... thought , and seek in the prisons of England for better rules of life .- [ Letters on American Debts . ] AMERICAN CREDIT . THIS new and vain people can never forgive us for having preceded them 300 years in civilisation . They are ...
61. oldal
... thought it probable that the spirit of emulation would make them better ushers , tradesmen , and mechanics . We did , in truth , imagine we had observed , in some of their faces , a bold project for procuring better breeches for keeping ...
... thought it probable that the spirit of emulation would make them better ushers , tradesmen , and mechanics . We did , in truth , imagine we had observed , in some of their faces , a bold project for procuring better breeches for keeping ...
84. oldal
... thought and 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 ...
... thought and 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 ...
85. oldal
... thoughts . Let the cultivator of modern literature addict himself to the purest models of taste which France , Italy , and England could supply , he might still learn from Virgil to be majestic , and from Tibullus to be tender ; he ...
... thoughts . Let the cultivator of modern literature addict himself to the purest models of taste which France , Italy , and England could supply , he might still learn from Virgil to be majestic , and from Tibullus to be tender ; he ...
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