The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volum 3Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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Pàgina 5
... effect in exciting our horror and in- dignation is in the long run increased , we think , though at first it may seem counteracted , by the tone of levity , and even jocularity , under which he has chosen to veil the deep sarcasm and ...
... effect in exciting our horror and in- dignation is in the long run increased , we think , though at first it may seem counteracted , by the tone of levity , and even jocularity , under which he has chosen to veil the deep sarcasm and ...
Pàgina 17
... If a novel produces these effects , it is good ; if it does not - story , lan- * This is the gentleman who now keeps the keys of Life and Death , the Janitor of the world . guage , love , scandal itself , cannot save it GRANBY . 17 Granby.
... If a novel produces these effects , it is good ; if it does not - story , lan- * This is the gentleman who now keeps the keys of Life and Death , the Janitor of the world . guage , love , scandal itself , cannot save it GRANBY . 17 Granby.
Pàgina 25
... effect . The whole extent of that long vista , unclouded by the mid - day smoke , was distinctly visible to his eye at once . The houses shrunk to half their span , while the few visible spires of the adjacent churches seemed to rise ...
... effect . The whole extent of that long vista , unclouded by the mid - day smoke , was distinctly visible to his eye at once . The houses shrunk to half their span , while the few visible spires of the adjacent churches seemed to rise ...
Pàgina 28
... effect ; but it were hard to say she studied it ; so little did her spontaneous , airy graces convey the impression of premeditated practice . She was a sparkling tissue of little affecta- tions , which , however , appeared so ...
... effect ; but it were hard to say she studied it ; so little did her spontaneous , airy graces convey the impression of premeditated practice . She was a sparkling tissue of little affecta- tions , which , however , appeared so ...
Pàgina 38
... effect of the monsoons , which set in periodically from opposite sides of them . On the west side , the rains prevail in the months of May , June , and July , the season when they are felt on the Malabar coast . This monsoon is usually ...
... effect of the monsoons , which set in periodically from opposite sides of them . On the west side , the rains prevail in the months of May , June , and July , the season when they are felt on the Malabar coast . This monsoon is usually ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 292 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Pàgina 129 - Are you really my son Esau, or not?" 22 So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Pàgina 255 - I believe, that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused by, or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the good of the church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever.
Pàgina 105 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs.
Pàgina 214 - Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if you would buy a few yards of red tape, and tie up your bills and papers.
Pàgina 325 - Somerville's breed running wild over the country; the minister of the parish wounded solely in his hinder parts; Mrs. Plymley in fits; all these scenes of war an Austrian or a Russian has seen three or four times over ; but it is now three centuries since an English pig has fallen in a fair battle upon English ground, or a farm-house been rifled, or a clergyman's wife been subjected to any other proposals of love than the connubial endearments of her sleek and orthodox mate.
Pàgina 302 - I have before said, the moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots.
Pàgina 105 - Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction.
Pàgina 233 - And he answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Pàgina 325 - I do say it to create alarm; for we do not appear to me to be half alarmed enough, or to entertain that sense of our danger which leads to the most obvious means of self-defence. As for the spirit of the peasantry, in making a gallant defence behind hedge-rows, and through plate-racks and hen-coops, highly as I think of their bravery, I do not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with panic as the English ; and this from their total unacquaintance with the science of war.