| 1848 - 704 pages
...of wine and oil, giving every man a glad heart and a shining countenance. Genuine and innocent wit like this is surely the flavour of the mind ! Man...pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marl." — Sidney Smith. A FAIR EXAMPLE. CAROLINE FANNY GREGORY was born at Frame, in Somersetshire.... | |
| Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1849 - 446 pages
...of wine and oil, giving every man a glad heart and a shining countenance. Genuine and innocent wit like this, is surely the flavour of the mind! Man..." charm his pained steps over the burning marie." LECTURE XII. ON TASTE. ALL language which concerns the mind, is borrowed from language which respects... | |
| Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 474 pages
...of wine and oil, giving every man a glad heart and a shining countenance. Genuine and innocent wit like this, is surely the flavour of the mind! Man..." charm his pained steps over the burning marie." I53 LECTURE XII. ON TASTE. ALL language which concerns the mind is borrowed from language which respects... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1850 - 196 pages
...mind! Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food ; but Grod has given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and...pilgrimage, and to "charm his pained steps over the burning marie.'7 — Sydney Smith. RAILLERY. Eaillery is the finest part of conversation; but, as it is our... | |
| Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 420 pages
...ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food ; but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven..." charm his pained steps over the burning marie." LECTURE XIL ON TASTE. ALL language which concerns the mind is borrowed from language which respects... | |
| Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 428 pages
...ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food ; but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven..." charm his pained steps over the burning marie." . LECTURE XII. ON TASTE. ALL language which concerns the mind is borrowed from language which respects... | |
| 1850 - 818 pages
...ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food ; but GOD has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven...pilgrimage, and to ' charm his pained steps over the burning inarl.' We hope to see the volume from which these extracts are taken soon republishe^ on this side... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - Periodicals - 1850 - 612 pages
...ways by plain ruawn, and support his life by tasteless food ; but Gop has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven...man's pilgrimage, and to * charm his pained steps o ver the burning marl/ ЛУе hope to sec the volume from which these extracts arc taken soon republtshe^... | |
| 1851 - 486 pages
...man a glad heart and shining countenance. Genuine and innocent wit, like this, is surely the flaveur of the mind ! Man could direct his ways by plain reason,...enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm hia pained Steps over tho burning Tiarle." — Sydney Smith. There are many people whose wholt wisdom... | |
| 1851 - 808 pages
...treasures things new and old.' MAN could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tastelea food ; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and...pilgrimage, and to ' charm his pained steps over the burning marl.' — Sidney Smith. How many will do great things in the way of gifts or service, who will not... | |
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