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 páginas |
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... beautiful images not in simple and sublime conceptions - not in the feelings of the passions ; but in a studious arrangement of sonorous , exotic , and sesquipedal words ; a very ancient error , which corrupts the style of young , and ...
... beautiful images not in simple and sublime conceptions - not in the feelings of the passions ; but in a studious arrangement of sonorous , exotic , and sesquipedal words ; a very ancient error , which corrupts the style of young , and ...
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... beautiful in their [ E. R. ] 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 ...
... beautiful in their [ E. R. ] 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 ...
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... beautiful than any of the modern languages of Europe : their mode of signifying time and case , by terminations , in- stead of auxiliary verbs and particles , would of itself stamp their superiority . Add to this , the copiousness of ...
... beautiful than any of the modern languages of Europe : their mode of signifying time and case , by terminations , in- stead of auxiliary verbs and particles , would of itself stamp their superiority . Add to this , the copiousness of ...
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... beautiful , as that they should be poets . In either case , it would be to make an accidental , unattainable , and not a very important gift of nature , the only , or the principal , test of merit . This is the reason why boys , who ...
... beautiful , as that they should be poets . In either case , it would be to make an accidental , unattainable , and not a very important gift of nature , the only , or the principal , test of merit . This is the reason why boys , who ...
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... beautiful possession which a country can have is a noble and rich man , who loves virtue and knowledge ; who without being feeble or fanatical is pious and who without being factious is firm and independent ; — who , in his political ...
... beautiful possession which a country can have is a noble and rich man , who loves virtue and knowledge ; who without being feeble or fanatical is pious and who without being factious is firm and independent ; — who , in his political ...
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