Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 328William Blackwood, 1980 |
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Page 271
... early years of the nineteenth century . Yet for one so much sought after , and so well known even in his own time , Sydney Smith's origins and early years are unexpectedly obscure . His correspondence survives plentifully from his mid ...
... early years of the nineteenth century . Yet for one so much sought after , and so well known even in his own time , Sydney Smith's origins and early years are unexpectedly obscure . His correspondence survives plentifully from his mid ...
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... early nineteenth - century critics had for their opposition . As I understand them , they stressed that the humour of a play on words must be of inferior quality to the humour of ideas . In an era of elegance , the pun was considered ...
... early nineteenth - century critics had for their opposition . As I understand them , they stressed that the humour of a play on words must be of inferior quality to the humour of ideas . In an era of elegance , the pun was considered ...
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... early days in conversation . I asked her how she spent her time before a long journey . What kind of reading did she do , for instance ? She thought for a moment . " The Arab journeys started with Doughty . " ( That is , with Charles ...
... early days in conversation . I asked her how she spent her time before a long journey . What kind of reading did she do , for instance ? She thought for a moment . " The Arab journeys started with Doughty . " ( That is , with Charles ...
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