 | 1854 - Počet stránok 696
...some square, some oblong — und the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, wo shall generally find that the triangular person has...that we can say they were almost made for each other. There is one circumstance I would preach up morning, noon, and night, to young persons, for the management... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - Počet stránok 446
...shapes,—some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong,—and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find...that we can say they were almost made for each other. duct of the. understanding, and the best modes of acquiring knowledge, some men may be disposed to... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - Počet stránok 936
...circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find...the oblong into the triangular, and a square person haa squeezed himself into the round hole. The officer and the office, the doer and the thing done,... | |
 | 1850 - Počet stránok 594
...circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find...we can say they were almost made for each other.' We quote this passage from the lecture on ' Taste,' that our readers may enjoy the beautiful stanzas... | |
 | 1850 - Počet stránok 600
...some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, wo shall generally find that the triangular person has...we can say they were almost made for each other.' We quote this passage from the lecture on ' Taste,' that our readers may enjoy the beautiful stanzas... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - Počet stránok 252
...circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find...done, seldom fit so exactly that we can say they were made for each other. — Sydney Smith. TREAD OF THE CAMEL. What always struck me as something extremely... | |
 | Rev. Sidney Smith - 1854 - Počet stránok 296
...circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find...that we can say they were almost made for each other. But while I am descanting so minutely upon the conduct of the understanding, and the best modes of... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1855 - Počet stránok 408
...oblong, — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall general' find that the triangular person has got into the square...that we can say they were almost made for each other. But while I am descanting so minutely upon the conduct of the understanding, and the best modes of... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1855 - Počet stránok 400
...oblong, — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall general!' find that the triangular person has got into the square...that we can say they were almost made for each other. But while I am descanting so minutely upon the conduct of the understanding, and the best modes of... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - Počet stránok 502
...circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find...that we can say they were almost made for each other. REWARDS OF KNOWLEDGE. BUT while I am descanting so minutely upon the conduct of the understanding,... | |
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If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes — some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong — and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we shall generally find... 
