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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... ] errors . - SUPERFLUITY OF POETS . THOUGH we praise Mr. Broughton for his book , and praise him very sincerely , we must warn him against that dreadful propensity which young men have for 56 COLONIAL GOVERNORS . - NOVELS . writing verses .
... ] errors . - SUPERFLUITY OF POETS . THOUGH we praise Mr. Broughton for his book , and praise him very sincerely , we must warn him against that dreadful propensity which young men have for 56 COLONIAL GOVERNORS . - NOVELS . writing verses .
56. oldal
... writing good verses , but by writing excel- lent verses . [ E . R. ] COLONIAL GOVERNORS . Ir is common , we know , to send a person who is some- body's cousin : but , when a new empire is to be founded , the Treasury should send out ...
... writing good verses , but by writing excel- lent verses . [ E . R. ] COLONIAL GOVERNORS . Ir is common , we know , to send a person who is some- body's cousin : but , when a new empire is to be founded , the Treasury should send out ...
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... writing , the latter of which naturally contracted itself into those inferior limits which were better accommodated ... writer can pos- sibly fall . The author of this book should call in the aid of some brilliant pencil , and cause the ...
... writing , the latter of which naturally contracted itself into those inferior limits which were better accommodated ... writer can pos- sibly fall . The author of this book should call in the aid of some brilliant pencil , and cause the ...
80. oldal
... writing what charity is to all other virtues . Righteousness is worth nothing without the one , nor authorship without the other .- [ E . R. 1809. ] SELF - APPLAUSE . SOME persons can neither stir hand nor foot without making it clear ...
... writing what charity is to all other virtues . Righteousness is worth nothing without the one , nor authorship without the other .- [ E . R. 1809. ] SELF - APPLAUSE . SOME persons can neither stir hand nor foot without making it clear ...
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... 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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