The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... necessary to literary reputation , he would never have emerged from that obscurity to which he will soon return . The * It is impossible to conceive the mischievous power of the corrupt alarmists of those days , and the despotic manner ...
... necessary to literary reputation , he would never have emerged from that obscurity to which he will soon return . The * It is impossible to conceive the mischievous power of the corrupt alarmists of those days , and the despotic manner ...
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... necessary ? To notice every singular train of reasoning into which Mr. Bowles falls , is not possible ; and , in the copious choice of evils , we shall , from feelings of mercy , take the least . It must not be forgotten , he observes ...
... necessary ? To notice every singular train of reasoning into which Mr. Bowles falls , is not possible ; and , in the copious choice of evils , we shall , from feelings of mercy , take the least . It must not be forgotten , he observes ...
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... necessary war ; and Newgate , then become a quarter of the world , will evince a heroism , not unworthy of the great characters by whom she was originally peopled . The experiment , however , is not less interesting in a moral , because ...
... necessary war ; and Newgate , then become a quarter of the world , will evince a heroism , not unworthy of the great characters by whom she was originally peopled . The experiment , however , is not less interesting in a moral , because ...
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... necessary to deliver naval and military authors in their literary labours , though they do not always atone , by orthography and grammar , for the sacrifice of truth and simplicity . Mr. Collins's book is written with great plainness ...
... necessary to deliver naval and military authors in their literary labours , though they do not always atone , by orthography and grammar , for the sacrifice of truth and simplicity . Mr. Collins's book is written with great plainness ...
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... alarming a manner , that it has been repeatedly found necessary to fire upon them ; and many have , in consequence , fallen victims to their rashness . The soil is found to produce coal in vast abundance AUSTRALIA . 47.
... alarming a manner , that it has been repeatedly found necessary to fire upon them ; and many have , in consequence , fallen victims to their rashness . The soil is found to produce coal in vast abundance AUSTRALIA . 47.
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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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