The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 |
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... Christ Church upon Easter - Tuesday , April 15. 1800. To which are added , Notes by Samuel Parr , LL . D. Printed for J. Mawman in the Poultry . 1801 . WHOEVER has had the good fortune to see Dr. Parr's wig , must have observed , that ...
... Christ Church upon Easter - Tuesday , April 15. 1800. To which are added , Notes by Samuel Parr , LL . D. Printed for J. Mawman in the Poultry . 1801 . WHOEVER has had the good fortune to see Dr. Parr's wig , must have observed , that ...
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... Christian can descry nothing all around him but a dreary expanse of trite sentiments and languid words . The great object of modern sermons is to hazard nothing their characteristic is , decent debility ; which alike guards their ...
... Christian can descry nothing all around him but a dreary expanse of trite sentiments and languid words . The great object of modern sermons is to hazard nothing their characteristic is , decent debility ; which alike guards their ...
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... Christ . Dr. Rennel's first sermon , upon the consequences of gaming , is admirable for its strength of language , its sound good sense , and the vigour with which it combats that detestable vice . From this sermon we shall , with great ...
... Christ . Dr. Rennel's first sermon , upon the consequences of gaming , is admirable for its strength of language , its sound good sense , and the vigour with which it combats that detestable vice . From this sermon we shall , with great ...
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... Christians . It is a very easy thing to talk about the shallow impostures , and the silly ignorant sophisms of Voltaire , Rousseau , Con- dorcet , D'Alembert , and Volney , and to say that Hume is not worth answering . This affectation ...
... Christians . It is a very easy thing to talk about the shallow impostures , and the silly ignorant sophisms of Voltaire , Rousseau , Con- dorcet , D'Alembert , and Volney , and to say that Hume is not worth answering . This affectation ...
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... Christ . ' This passage , at first , struck us to be untrue ; and we could not immediately recollect the afflictions Dr. Rennel alluded to , till it occurred to us , that he must undoubtedly mean the eight hundred and fifty actions ...
... Christ . ' This passage , at first , struck us to be untrue ; and we could not immediately recollect the afflictions Dr. Rennel alluded to , till it occurred to us , that he must undoubtedly mean the eight hundred and fifty actions ...
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Page 426 - 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 424 - 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.