The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all upon important sub- jects ; and in addition he was sure at that time to be assailed with all the Billingsgate of the French Revolution Jacobin , Leveller , Atheist , Deist ...
... less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all upon important sub- jects ; and in addition he was sure at that time to be assailed with all the Billingsgate of the French Revolution Jacobin , Leveller , Atheist , Deist ...
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... less natural than parental and filial affection ; which latter class of feelings may themselves be a source of crimes , if they operpower ( as they frequently do ) the sense of justice . It is not , therefore , a sufficient jus ...
... less natural than parental and filial affection ; which latter class of feelings may themselves be a source of crimes , if they operpower ( as they frequently do ) the sense of justice . It is not , therefore , a sufficient jus ...
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... less of probity and talents . The good which one active character effects , and the wise order which he establishes , may outlive him for a long period ; and we all hate each other's crimes , by which we gain nothing , so much , that in ...
... less of probity and talents . The good which one active character effects , and the wise order which he establishes , may outlive him for a long period ; and we all hate each other's crimes , by which we gain nothing , so much , that in ...
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... less than usual , as a trifler , or a char- latan . Of British education , the study of eloquence makes little or no part . The exterior graces of a speaker are despised ; and debating societies ( admirable institu- tions , under proper ...
... less than usual , as a trifler , or a char- latan . Of British education , the study of eloquence makes little or no part . The exterior graces of a speaker are despised ; and debating societies ( admirable institu- tions , under proper ...
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... less eagerness than they have been lately accustomed to do , Mr. Bowles will be compelled to descend from that moderate eminence , where no man of real genius would ever have con- descended to remain . The pamphlet is written in the ...
... less eagerness than they have been lately accustomed to do , Mr. Bowles will be compelled to descend from that moderate eminence , where no man of real genius would ever have con- descended to remain . The pamphlet is written in the ...
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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 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.