 Now, to forget this event, — to write without the fear of the deluge before his eyes, and to handle a subject as if mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten years, as before their submersion, — is to be guilty of the most grievous error into which...  The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Pàgina 298per Sydney Smith - 1844Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1845 - 778 pàgines
...a subject as if mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten yean, u before their submersion — is to be guilty of the most grievous error into which...scenes of the deluge to be portrayed in the most lively colors for his use. He should gaze at Noih and be brief. The Ark should constantly remind him of the... | |
 | 1843 - 818 pàgines
...mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten years, as before their submersion — is to be guilty of tho most grievous error into which a writer can possibly...The author of this book should call in the aid of soin« brilliant pencil, and cause the distressing scenes of the deluge to be pourtrayed in the most... | |
 | 1844 - 671 pàgines
...handle a subject as if mankind could lonnse over a pamphlet for ten years, as before the submersion, is to be guilty of the most grievous error into which...of the deluge to be por'trayed in the most lively colors for his use. He should gaze at Noah and be brief. The ark should constantly remind him of the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pàgines
...for ten years, as before their submersion, — is to be guilty of the most grievous error into whieh a writer can possibly fall. The author of this book...lively colours for his use. He should gaze at Noah and he brief. The ark should constantly remind him of the little time there is left for reading; and he... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pàgines
...subject as if mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten years, as before their submersion — is to be guilty of the most grievous error into which a writer can possibly fall. — Sydney Smith. SIR HENRY WOTTON. The following beautiful, but not enough known verses, were written... | |
 | University magazine - 1853 - 814 pàgines
...perils of authorship, to adopt the suggestion so mirthfully recommended by the witty reviewer : — " The author of this book should call in the aid of...to be portrayed in the most lively colours for his uso. He should gaze at Noah, and Ы; brief. The Ark should constantly remind him of the little time... | |
 | 1853 - 796 pàgines
...perils of authorship, to adopt the suggestion so mirthfully recommended by the witty reviewer : — "The author of this book should call in the aid of...brilliant pencil, and cause the distressing scenes 204 205 of the Deluge to be portrayed in the most lively colours for hia use. He should gaze at Noah,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 pàgines
...subject as if mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten years, as before their submersion — is to be guilty of the most grievous error into which a writer can possibly fall. — Sydney Smith. SIR HENRY WOTTON. The following' beautiful, but not enough known verses, were written... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 pàgines
...a subject as if mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten years, as before their submersion, is to be guilty of the most grievous error into which...and cause the distressing scenes of the deluge to be pourtrayed in the most lively colours for his use. He should gaze at Noah, and be brief. The ark should... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 pàgines
...a subject as if mankind could lounge over a pamphlet for ten years, as before their submersion, is to be guilty of the most grievous error into which...and cause the distressing scenes of the deluge to be pourtrayed in the most lively colours for his use. He should gaze at Noah, and be brief. The ark should... | |
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