 ... of his astonishing eloquence. 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...  A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith - Page 172by Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...elegant wit, his manlv courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature,...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... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pages
...elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature,...men happy and free ; and in that straight line he went on for fifty years, without one sidelook, without one yielding thought, without one motive in... | |
 | 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...men happy and free ; and in that straight line he went on for fifty 'years, without one side look, without one yielding thought, without one motive in... | |
 | Kilkenny city, theatre - 1825 - 188 pages
...elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature,...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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendor of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature,...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
...elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendor of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature,...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
...elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendor of his, astonishing eloquence. He was eo born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature,...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 - English literature - 1844 - 352 pages
...his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so bom, and so girted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, and...men happy and free ; and in that straight line he went on for fifty years, without one side-look, without one yielding thought, without one motive in... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 348 pages
...all the splendour of his astonishing elomience. He was so born, and so gifted, that poetry, I'jrensic skill, elegant literature, and all the highest attainments...men happy and free ; and in that straight line he went on for fifty years, without one side-look, without one yielding thought, without one motive in... | |
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