The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 33
Page 5
... happiness ; and of this principle , he thus speaks : ' I admit , and I approve of it , as an emotion of which general happiness is the cause , but not as a passion , of which , according to the usual order of human affairs , it could ...
... happiness ; and of this principle , he thus speaks : ' I admit , and I approve of it , as an emotion of which general happiness is the cause , but not as a passion , of which , according to the usual order of human affairs , it could ...
Page 9
... happiest effects . We were very sorry , in reading Dr. Parr's note on the Universities , to meet with the following passage : - Ill would it become me tamely and silently to acquiesce in the strictures of this formidable accuser upon a ...
... happiest effects . We were very sorry , in reading Dr. Parr's note on the Universities , to meet with the following passage : - Ill would it become me tamely and silently to acquiesce in the strictures of this formidable accuser upon a ...
Page 21
... happiness , and repugnant to enlightened policy . Of Dr. Rennel's talents as a reasoner , we certainly have formed no very high opinion . Unless dog- matical assertion , and the practice ( but too common among theological writers ) of ...
... happiness , and repugnant to enlightened policy . Of Dr. Rennel's talents as a reasoner , we certainly have formed no very high opinion . Unless dog- matical assertion , and the practice ( but too common among theological writers ) of ...
Page 26
... happiness is menaced , by the present thinness of ladies ' petticoats ( p . 78. ) , temerity may hope our salvation , but how can reason promise it ? One solitary gleam of comfort , indeed , beams upon us in reading the solemn devotion ...
... happiness is menaced , by the present thinness of ladies ' petticoats ( p . 78. ) , temerity may hope our salvation , but how can reason promise it ? One solitary gleam of comfort , indeed , beams upon us in reading the solemn devotion ...
Page 40
... happiness which always results from an ig- norance that any greater happiness is within our reach . All pains and pleasures are clearly by comparison ; but the most deplorable savage enjoys a sufficient contrast of good , to know that ...
... happiness which always results from an ig- norance that any greater happiness is within our reach . All pains and pleasures are clearly by comparison ; but the most deplorable savage enjoys a sufficient contrast of good , to know that ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absurd amusement appears attention Botany Bay boys Brahmans Brother Cæsario Catholic character chimney sweepers Christians Church Church of England civilisation classical clergy cloth lettered colony common considered conversation cultivation ditto doctrines doubt duty Edinburgh Review England English established evil favour feelings friends Game Laws gentleman give gospel habits happiness Hindoos honour human importance India Irish J. C. LOUDON justice King knowledge labour Lancaster land learning London Lord Lord Sidmouth manner master means ment Methodists mind missionaries moral nation native nature never object observation opinion passions patients persons pleasure poachers political poor Port Jackson preach present principles public schools racter reason religion religious respect REVIEW Rose seems sermon Sir Patrick Hume society South Wales species Styles suppose talents thing Van Diemen's Land vols whole women write young
Popular passages
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.
Page 422 - Dr. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines : Containing a clear Exposition of their Principles and Practice.
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.