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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... manner , long after he himself had ceased to watch the courses of the world - thus his prognostica- tions of the results of the French Revolution ( p . 7 ) , published in 1802 , and of the danger of religious fears as a source of ...
... manner , long after he himself had ceased to watch the courses of the world - thus his prognostica- tions of the results of the French Revolution ( p . 7 ) , published in 1802 , and of the danger of religious fears as a source of ...
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... manner of his wig , the Doctor has constructed his ser- mon , giving us a discourse of no common length , and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes , which ap- pear to concern every learned thing , every learned man , and almost ...
... manner of his wig , the Doctor has constructed his ser- mon , giving us a discourse of no common length , and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes , which ap- pear to concern every learned thing , every learned man , and almost ...
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... manner , the importance of the charity for which it was preached in restoring to life persons in whom the vital power is suspended . He was discovered with Dr. Langford's discourse lying open before him , in a state of the most profound ...
... manner , the importance of the charity for which it was preached in restoring to life persons in whom the vital power is suspended . He was discovered with Dr. Langford's discourse lying open before him , in a state of the most profound ...
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... manners . His understanding is alive only to the useful and the profitable : he never lives for what is merely gracious , courteous , and ornamental . His faculties seem to be drenched and slackened by the eternal fogs in which he ...
... manners . His understanding is alive only to the useful and the profitable : he never lives for what is merely gracious , courteous , and ornamental . His faculties seem to be drenched and slackened by the eternal fogs in which he ...
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... manner ; knowing enough to torment his fellow crea- tures , not to instruct them - the ridicule of young ladies , and the natural butt and target of wit . It is easy to talk of carnivorous animals and beasts of prey ; but does such a ...
... manner ; knowing enough to torment his fellow crea- tures , not to instruct them - the ridicule of young ladies , and the natural butt and target of wit . It is easy to talk of carnivorous animals and beasts of prey ; but does such a ...
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