The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... virtues equally obligatory have to our notice , are totally disregarded . Thus , too , when any dazzling phantoms of universal philanthropy have seized our attention , the objects that formerly engaged it shrink 2 DR . PARR .
... virtues equally obligatory have to our notice , are totally disregarded . Thus , too , when any dazzling phantoms of universal philanthropy have seized our attention , the objects that formerly engaged it shrink 2 DR . PARR .
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Sydney Smith. our attention , the objects that formerly engaged it shrink and fade . All considerations of kindred , friends , and coun- trymen drop from the mind , during the struggles it makes to grasp the collective interests of the ...
Sydney Smith. our attention , the objects that formerly engaged it shrink and fade . All considerations of kindred , friends , and coun- trymen drop from the mind , during the struggles it makes to grasp the collective interests of the ...
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... object . I approve of it as a disposition to wish , and , as opportunity may occur , to desire and do good , rather than harm , to those with whom we are quite unconnected . ' It would appear , from this kind of language , that a desire ...
... object . I approve of it as a disposition to wish , and , as opportunity may occur , to desire and do good , rather than harm , to those with whom we are quite unconnected . ' It would appear , from this kind of language , that a desire ...
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... object of modern sermons is to hazard nothing their characteristic is , decent debility ; which alike guards their authors from ludicrous errors , and precludes them from striking beauties . Every man of sense , in taking up an English ...
... object of modern sermons is to hazard nothing their characteristic is , decent debility ; which alike guards their authors from ludicrous errors , and precludes them from striking beauties . Every man of sense , in taking up an English ...
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... object to restore their natural rights to three or four millions of men , and to allay the fury of re- ligious hatred , Dr. Rennel is , as might be expected , a very strenuous antagonist . Time , which lifts up the veil of political ...
... object to restore their natural rights to three or four millions of men , and to allay the fury of re- ligious hatred , Dr. Rennel is , as might be expected , a very strenuous antagonist . Time , which lifts up the veil of political ...
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