The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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... evil ; and what I thought evil then , I think evil now . I am heartily glad that all our disqualifying laws for religious opinions are abolished , and I see nothing in such measures but unmixed good and real in- crease of strength to ...
... evil ; and what I thought evil then , I think evil now . I am heartily glad that all our disqualifying laws for religious opinions are abolished , and I see nothing in such measures but unmixed good and real in- crease of strength to ...
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... evil which accrues from the promotion of a clergyman to the pulpit , which he has no ability to fill as he ought , is the fatigue of the audience , and the discredit of that species of public instruction ; an evil so general , that no ...
... evil which accrues from the promotion of a clergyman to the pulpit , which he has no ability to fill as he ought , is the fatigue of the audience , and the discredit of that species of public instruction ; an evil so general , that no ...
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... evil under which the world has groaned for the last cen- tury . Dr. Rennel's admiration of the ancients is so great , that he considers the works of Homer to be the region and de- * I cannot read the name of Malthus without adding my ...
... evil under which the world has groaned for the last cen- tury . Dr. Rennel's admiration of the ancients is so great , that he considers the works of Homer to be the region and de- * I cannot read the name of Malthus without adding my ...
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... evil age - an adulterous age - an ignorant age - an apostate age - and a foppish age . Of the propriety of the last epithet , our readers may perhaps be more convinced , by calling to mind a class of fops not usually designated by that ...
... evil age - an adulterous age - an ignorant age - an apostate age - and a foppish age . Of the propriety of the last epithet , our readers may perhaps be more convinced , by calling to mind a class of fops not usually designated by that ...
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... evil , drawn from the ignorance of good ; by which it is contended , that to teach men their situation can be better , is to teach them that it is bad , and to destroy that happiness which always results from an ignorance that any ...
... evil , drawn from the ignorance of good ; by which it is contended , that to teach men their situation can be better , is to teach them that it is bad , and to destroy that happiness which always results from an ignorance that any ...
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Page 212 - 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.
Page 322 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue ? What does the world yet owe to American physicians or surgeons?
Page 9 - Episcopal limits behind, and swells out into boundless convexity of frizz, the yue-ya 6av/ta of barbers, and the terror of the literary world. After the manner of his wig, the Doctor has constructed his sermon, giving us a discourse of no common length, and subjoining an immeasurable mass of notes, which appear to concern every learned thing, every learned man, and almost every unlearned man since the beginning of the world.
Page 138 - ... as are consistent with the laws of Ireland; or as they did enjoy in the reign of King Charles II.; and their Majesties, as soon as their affairs will permit them to summon a Parliament in this kingdom, will endeavour to procure the said Roman Catholics such further security in that particular as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion.
Page 166 - ... of style is the acquisition of those rules and literary habits which sagacity anticipates, or experience shows to be the most effectual means of pleasing. Those works are the best which have longest stood the test of time, and pleased the greatest number of exercised minds. Whatever, therefore, our conjectures may be, we cannot be so sure that the best modern writers can afford us as good models as the ancients; — we cannot be certain that they will live through the revolutions of the world,...
Page 319 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride...
Page 18 - Pulpit discourses have insensibly dwindled from speaking to reading; a practice, of itself, sufficient to stifle every germ of eloquence. It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart, that mankind can be very powerfully affected.
Page 15 - I had begun to look up ardently and anxiously to academical distinctions; not by the want of attachment to the place, for I regarded it then, as I continue to regard it now, with the fondest and most unfeigned affection; but by another want which it were unnecessary to name, and for the supply of which, after some hesitation, I determined to provide by patient toil and resolute self-denial when I had not completed my twentieth year. I ceased, therefore to reside, with an aching heart; I looked back...
Page 319 - We can inform Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory; — Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon...
Page 184 - ... and agitations above the level of common existence, which may employ the remaining hour. Compassion, and every other virtue, are the great objects we all ought to have in view ; but no man (and no woman) can fill up the twenty-four hours by acts of virtue. But one is a lawyer, and the other a ploughman, and the third a merchant ; and then, acts of goodness, and intervals of compassion and fine feeling, are scattered up and down the common occupations of life. We know women are to be compassionate...