The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 - British literature |
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... practice . To a class of artificial and ostentatious sentiments , they give the most dan- gerous triumph over the genuine and salutary dictates of nature . They delude and inflame our minds with pharisaical notions of superior wisdom ...
... practice . To a class of artificial and ostentatious sentiments , they give the most dan- gerous triumph over the genuine and salutary dictates of nature . They delude and inflame our minds with pharisaical notions of superior wisdom ...
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... practice , of itself , sufficient to stifle every germ of eloquence . It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart , that mankind can be very powerfully affected . What can be more ludicrous , than an orator delivering stale ...
... practice , of itself , sufficient to stifle every germ of eloquence . It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart , that mankind can be very powerfully affected . What can be more ludicrous , than an orator delivering stale ...
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... practice of them -improvest the skill in them - sharpenest the propensity to them at THY hands will it be required , surely , at the tribunal of God in the next world , and perhaps , in most instances , in his distributive and awful ...
... practice of them -improvest the skill in them - sharpenest the propensity to them at THY hands will it be required , surely , at the tribunal of God in the next world , and perhaps , in most instances , in his distributive and awful ...
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... practice of declaiming against the present age . It is an evil age - an adulterous age - an ignorant age - an apostate age- and a foppish age . the propriety of the last epithet , our readers may perhaps be more convinced , by calling ...
... practice of declaiming against the present age . It is an evil age - an adulterous age - an ignorant age - an apostate age- and a foppish age . the propriety of the last epithet , our readers may perhaps be more convinced , by calling ...
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... practice ( but too common among theological writers ) of taking the thing to be proved , for part of the proof , can be considered as evidence of a logical understanding , the specimens of argument Dr. Rennel has afforded us are very ...
... practice ( but too common among theological writers ) of taking the thing to be proved , for part of the proof , can be considered as evidence of a logical understanding , the specimens of argument Dr. Rennel has afforded us are very ...
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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.