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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... present volume . In the arrangement of them under separate headings , for which the Editor is responsible , the chronological order of the series has not been strictly observed , though the first portion of the collection is chiefly ...
... present volume . In the arrangement of them under separate headings , for which the Editor is responsible , the chronological order of the series has not been strictly observed , though the first portion of the collection is chiefly ...
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... present selection has been made , but upon a principle differing altogether from the plan adopted by the American Editor . The volume prepared by Mr. Duyckink is in fact an abridgment of the life and of the principal works of Sydney ...
... present selection has been made , but upon a principle differing altogether from the plan adopted by the American Editor . The volume prepared by Mr. Duyckink is in fact an abridgment of the life and of the principal works of Sydney ...
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... present grave motto from Publius Syrus , of whom none of us had , I am sure , read a single line ; and so began what has since turned out to be a very important and able journal . PUBLIC OPINION IN ENGLAND IN 1802 . FROM the beginning ...
... present grave motto from Publius Syrus , of whom none of us had , I am sure , read a single line ; and so began what has since turned out to be a very important and able journal . PUBLIC OPINION IN ENGLAND IN 1802 . FROM the beginning ...
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... present , that it is extremely problematical whether or not they are to be bandied from one vulgar usurper to another , and remain for a century subjugated to the rigour of a military government , at once the scorn and the scourge of ...
... present , that it is extremely problematical whether or not they are to be bandied from one vulgar usurper to another , and remain for a century subjugated to the rigour of a military government , at once the scorn and the scourge of ...
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... present very serious obstacles to her prosperity ; obstacles little dreamed of by men who seem to measure the happiness and future grandeur of France by degrees of longitude and latitude , and who believe she might acquire liberty with ...
... present very serious obstacles to her prosperity ; obstacles little dreamed of by men who seem to measure the happiness and future grandeur of France by degrees of longitude and latitude , and who believe she might acquire liberty with ...
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