 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 - Page 100by Sydney Smith - 1844 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...his manlv courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...attainments of human genius, were within his reach j but he thought the noblest occupation of a man was to make other men happy and free ; and in that... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Great Britain - 1822 - 436 pages
...astonishing eloquence. He was so born and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, all the highest attainments of human genius, were...straight line he went on for fifty 'years, without one side look, without one yielding thought, without one motive in his heart which he might not have laid... | |
 | Kilkenny city, theatre - 1825 - 192 pages
...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...his reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of man was to make other men free and happy ; and in that straight line he went on for fifty years, without... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1835 - 792 pages
...courage, and all the splendor of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that all the 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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...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...highest attainments of human genius, were within his rench ; but he thought the noblest occupation of man was to make other men happy and ftee ; and in... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 568 pages
...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...his reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of man was to make other men happy and fiée ; and in that straight line he went on, for fifty years,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1840 - 558 pages
...his manly courage, and all the splendor of his, astonishing eloquence. He was eo born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...the highest attainments of human genius, were within hie reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of man was to make other men happy and free ; and... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...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...thought, without one motive in his heart which he migbt not have laid open to the view of God and man. He is gone .'—but there is not a single day... | |
 | Robert Rouiere Pearce - Great Britain - 1846 - 480 pages
...He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and nil the higheft attainments of human genius were within his reach ; but he thought the noblest oecupation of a man was to make other men happy and free ; and in that straight line he went on for... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1847 - 524 pages
...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 side look, without one yielding thought, without one motive in his heart which he might not have laid... | |
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