The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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Page v
... Review ; this was acceded to with acclamation . I was appointed Editor , and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review . The motto I proposed for the Review was , " Tenui musam meditamur avena ...
... Review ; this was acceded to with acclamation . I was appointed Editor , and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review . The motto I proposed for the Review was , " Tenui musam meditamur avena ...
Page vi
... Review , the state of England at the period when that journal began should be had in remembrance . The Catholics ... Review . - - I see very little in my Reviews to alter or repent of : I always endeavoured to fight against evil , and ...
... Review , the state of England at the period when that journal began should be had in remembrance . The Catholics ... Review . - - I see very little in my Reviews to alter or repent of : I always endeavoured to fight against evil , and ...
Page viii
... Review began ) to the death of Lord Liverpool , was an awful period for those who had the misfortune to entertain liberal opinions , and who were too honest to sell them for the ermine of the judge , or the lawn of the prelate : : - a ...
... Review began ) to the death of Lord Liverpool , was an awful period for those who had the misfortune to entertain liberal opinions , and who were too honest to sell them for the ermine of the judge , or the lawn of the prelate : : - a ...
Page x
... Reviewer , find myself fighting , in the year 1839 , against the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London , for the existence of the National Church . SYDNEY SMITH . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . 66 ARTICLES ORIGINALLY ...
... Reviewer , find myself fighting , in the year 1839 , against the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London , for the existence of the National Church . SYDNEY SMITH . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . 66 ARTICLES ORIGINALLY ...
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... REVIEW . " Page Dr. Parr Dr. Rennel 1 11 John Bowles Dr. Langford 22 28 Archdeacon Nares 30 Matthew Lewis 34 Australia 39 Fievée's Letters on England 58 Edgeworth on Bulls 65 Trimmer and Lancaster 72 Parnell and Ireland 84 Methodism 95 ...
... REVIEW . " Page Dr. Parr Dr. Rennel 1 11 John Bowles Dr. Langford 22 28 Archdeacon Nares 30 Matthew Lewis 34 Australia 39 Fievée's Letters on England 58 Edgeworth on Bulls 65 Trimmer and Lancaster 72 Parnell and Ireland 84 Methodism 95 ...
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Page 282 - 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.
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Page 16 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 280 - 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.