The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 - British literature |
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... interests of the species ; and when the association that attached us to them has been dissolved , the notions we have formed of their com- parative insignificance will prevent them from recovering , I do not say any hold whatsoever ...
... interests of the species ; and when the association that attached us to them has been dissolved , the notions we have formed of their com- parative insignificance will prevent them from recovering , I do not say any hold whatsoever ...
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... interests of the world . In his principle of universal benevolence , Mr. Godwin is un- questionably right . That it is the grand principle on which all morals rest - that it is the corrective for the excess of all particular affections ...
... interests of the world . In his principle of universal benevolence , Mr. Godwin is un- questionably right . That it is the grand principle on which all morals rest - that it is the corrective for the excess of all particular affections ...
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... interest . The clergy are generally appointed to their situations by those who have no interest that they should please the audience before whom they speak ; while the very reverse is the case in the eloquence of the Bar , and of ...
... interest . The clergy are generally appointed to their situations by those who have no interest that they should please the audience before whom they speak ; while the very reverse is the case in the eloquence of the Bar , and of ...
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... interest in which must be permanent and universal ) should have published such an empty and frivolous sermon as that upon the victory of Lord Nelson ; a sermon good enough for the garrulity of joy , when the phrases , and the exultation ...
... interest in which must be permanent and universal ) should have published such an empty and frivolous sermon as that upon the victory of Lord Nelson ; a sermon good enough for the garrulity of joy , when the phrases , and the exultation ...
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... interest to be despised in the best and most flourishing ages of the church , are the per- petual badges of far the greater part of those who take up their cross and follow Christ . ' This passage , at first , struck us to be untrue ...
... interest to be despised in the best and most flourishing ages of the church , are the per- petual badges of far the greater part of those who take up their cross and follow Christ . ' This passage , at first , struck us to be untrue ...
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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.