The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... religious , as well as to charitable insti- tutions ; and , from a lively apprehension of the fluctuating characters of those who govern , would leave the world without any government at all . It is better there should be an asylum for ...
... religious , as well as to charitable insti- tutions ; and , from a lively apprehension of the fluctuating characters of those who govern , would leave the world without any government at all . It is better there should be an asylum for ...
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... religion . * Now , if , by natural religion , is meant the will of God collected from his works , and the necessity man is under of obeying it : it is rather extraordinary that Homer should be so good a natural theologian , when the ...
... religion . * Now , if , by natural religion , is meant the will of God collected from his works , and the necessity man is under of obeying it : it is rather extraordinary that Homer should be so good a natural theologian , when the ...
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... which we have been placed . New circumstances will throw new light upon the effects of our religious , political , and economical institutions , if we cause them to be adopted as models in our rising emipre ; AUSTRALIA , 43.
... which we have been placed . New circumstances will throw new light upon the effects of our religious , political , and economical institutions , if we cause them to be adopted as models in our rising emipre ; AUSTRALIA , 43.
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... religion exceed even that degree of absurdity which we are led to expect in the creed of a barbarous people . In politics , they appear to have scarcely advanced beyond family - government . Huts they have none ; and , in all their ...
... religion exceed even that degree of absurdity which we are led to expect in the creed of a barbarous people . In politics , they appear to have scarcely advanced beyond family - government . Huts they have none ; and , in all their ...
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... religious , and legal institutions , as if it were one and the same thing to speak of abstract effects of such institutions , and of their effects combined with all the peculiar circumstances in which any na- tion may be placed . 2dly ...
... religious , and legal institutions , as if it were one and the same thing to speak of abstract effects of such institutions , and of their effects combined with all the peculiar circumstances in which any na- tion may be placed . 2dly ...
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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.