 He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and all the highest attainments of human genius were within his reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of a man was to make other men happy and free ; and in that straight...  The Works of Sydney Smith - Strana 100podľa Sydney Smith - 1844 - Počet stránok 333Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Afternoon lectures - 1869 - Počet stránok 378
...his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born and so gifted that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...straight line he went on for fifty years, without one motive in his heart which he might not have laid open to the view of God and man. He is gone, but there... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1870 - Počet stránok 842
...all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born and so gifted, that poetry, foreusic skill, elegant literature and all the highest attainments...and free; and in that straight line he went on for flfly years, without one side-look, without one yielding thought, without one motive in his heart which... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - Počet stránok 538
...his manly courage, and all the splendor of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...the noblest occupation of a man was to make other me» happy and free ; and in that straight line he went OIA for fifty years, without one side-look,... | |
 | James J. Gaskin - 1874 - Počet stránok 520
...his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and all the highest attainments of human genins were within his reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of a man was to make other men... | |
 | Dublin city, roy. coll. of sci - 1875 - Počet stránok 358
...his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born and so gifted that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...straight line he went on for fifty years, without one motive in his heart which he might not have laid open to the view of God and man. He is gone, but there... | |
 | 1882 - Počet stránok 766
...to most of these in many respects, superior in some — Henry Grattan — a man "so born, so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...a man was to make other men happy and free,"' and so he gave up his talents and his powers to one object, and that, not his own fame, but the good of... | |
 | 1883 - Počet stránok 666
...manly courage, and j all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...the noblest occupation of a man was to make other people happy and free ; and in that straight line he went on for fifty years, without one side-look,... | |
 | Emily Lawless - 1887 - Počet stránok 490
...in Westminster Abbey. One more quotation from Sydney Smith sums up the man for us in a few words : " The highest attainments of human genius were within...other men happy and free, and in that straight line he kept for fifty years, without one side-look, one yielding thought, one motive in his heart which might... | |
 | 1890 - Počet stránok 516
...his manly courage, and all the splendours of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...men happy and free ; and in that straight line he kept for fifty years, without one side-look, one yielding thought, one motive in his heart which he... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1894 - Počet stránok 556
...fancy, his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence .... All the highest attainments of human genius were within...his reach, but he thought the noblest occupation of man was to make other men happy and free ; and in that straight line he went on for fifty years, without... | |
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