The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 - British literature |
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... institution to destroy , may consider himself as a com- missioner , and his fortune as made ; and , to my utter and never - ending astonishment , I , an old Edinburgh Reviewer , find myself fighting , in the year 1839 , against the ...
... institution to destroy , may consider himself as a com- missioner , and his fortune as made ; and , to my utter and never - ending astonishment , I , an old Edinburgh Reviewer , find myself fighting , in the year 1839 , against the ...
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... institution for which he is preaching . The former part is levelled against the doctrines of Mr. Godwin ; and , here , Dr. Parr exposes , very strongly and happily , the folly of making universal benevolence the immediate motive of our ...
... institution for which he is preaching . The former part is levelled against the doctrines of Mr. Godwin ; and , here , Dr. Parr exposes , very strongly and happily , the folly of making universal benevolence the immediate motive of our ...
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... institutions , with considerable vigour and success . say that an institution is necessarily bad , because it will not always be administered with the same zeal , proves a little too much ; for it is an objection to political and ...
... institutions , with considerable vigour and success . say that an institution is necessarily bad , because it will not always be administered with the same zeal , proves a little too much ; for it is an objection to political and ...
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Sydney Smith. every public institution becomes more and more gua- ranteed from abuse . Upon the whole , this sermon is rather the production of what is called a sensible , than of a very acute man ; of a man certainly more remarkable for ...
Sydney Smith. every public institution becomes more and more gua- ranteed from abuse . Upon the whole , this sermon is rather the production of what is called a sensible , than of a very acute man ; of a man certainly more remarkable for ...
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... institutions , under proper regulations ) would hardly be tolerated either at Oxford or Cambridge . It is commonly an- swered to any animadversions upon the eloquence of the English pulpit , that a clergyman is to recommend him- self ...
... institutions , under proper regulations ) would hardly be tolerated either at Oxford or Cambridge . It is commonly an- swered to any animadversions upon the eloquence of the English pulpit , that a clergyman is to recommend him- self ...
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Page 426 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
Page 424 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.