The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
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... benevolence , we mean , and understand Dr. Parr to mean , not a barren affec- tion for the species , but a desire to promote their real happiness ; and of this principle , he thus speaks : " I admit , and I approve of it , 4 DR . PARR .
... benevolence , we mean , and understand Dr. Parr to mean , not a barren affec- tion for the species , but a desire to promote their real happiness ; and of this principle , he thus speaks : " I admit , and I approve of it , 4 DR . PARR .
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... happiness is the cause , but not as a passion , of which , according to the usual order of human affairs , it could often be the object . I approve of it as a disposition to wish , and , as opportunity may occur , to desire and do good ...
... happiness is the cause , but not as a passion , of which , according to the usual order of human affairs , it could often be the object . I approve of it as a disposition to wish , and , as opportunity may occur , to desire and do good ...
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... happiest effects . We were very sorry , in reading Dr. Parr's note on the Universities , to meet with the following pas- sage : - " Ill would it become me tamely and silently to acquiesce in the strictures of this formidable accuser ...
... happiest effects . We were very sorry , in reading Dr. Parr's note on the Universities , to meet with the following pas- sage : - " Ill would it become me tamely and silently to acquiesce in the strictures of this formidable accuser ...
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... happiness , and repugnant to enlightened policy . Of Dr. Rennel's talents as a reasoner , we certainly have formed no very high opinion . Unless dogma- tical assertion , and the practice ( but too common among theological writers ) of ...
... happiness , and repugnant to enlightened policy . Of Dr. Rennel's talents as a reasoner , we certainly have formed no very high opinion . Unless dogma- tical assertion , and the practice ( but too common among theological writers ) of ...
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... happiness is menaced , by the present thinness of ladies ' petticoats ( p . 78. ) , temerity may hope our salvation , but how can reason promise it ? One solitary gleam of comfort , indeed , beams upon us in reading the solemn devotion ...
... happiness is menaced , by the present thinness of ladies ' petticoats ( p . 78. ) , temerity may hope our salvation , but how can reason promise it ? One solitary gleam of comfort , indeed , beams upon us in reading the solemn devotion ...
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