The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 |
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... possesses considerable talents : and if he will moderate his insolence , steer clear of theological meta- physics , and consider rather those great laws of Christian practice , which must interest mankind through all ages , than the ...
... possesses considerable talents : and if he will moderate his insolence , steer clear of theological meta- physics , and consider rather those great laws of Christian practice , which must interest mankind through all ages , than the ...
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... possessed of certain property , are ( except in the instance of members for counties ) practically repealed . In the salaries of the members of the two councils , with the exception of the expense , there is , perhaps , no great balance ...
... possessed of certain property , are ( except in the instance of members for counties ) practically repealed . In the salaries of the members of the two councils , with the exception of the expense , there is , perhaps , no great balance ...
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... possess , and that cool investigation of interests , which it is hoped they may pursue . Of the effects of such a constitution , every thing must be conjectured ; for experience enables us to make no assertion respecting it . There is ...
... possess , and that cool investigation of interests , which it is hoped they may pursue . Of the effects of such a constitution , every thing must be conjectured ; for experience enables us to make no assertion respecting it . There is ...
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... possessed , by themselves or their ancestors , for six centuries . In France , the inferiority of the price of revolutionary lands , to others , is immense . Of the former species , church land is considerably dearer than the forfeited ...
... possessed , by themselves or their ancestors , for six centuries . In France , the inferiority of the price of revolutionary lands , to others , is immense . Of the former species , church land is considerably dearer than the forfeited ...
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... possesses , creates a public voice , which tends to secure the tranquillity of the whole . Amid the crude sentiments and new - born precedents of sudden liberty , the Crown might destroy the Commons , or the Commons the Crown , almost ...
... possesses , creates a public voice , which tends to secure the tranquillity of the whole . Amid the crude sentiments and new - born precedents of sudden liberty , the Crown might destroy the Commons , or the Commons the Crown , almost ...
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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.