The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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Page v
... opinions upon political subjects a little too liberal for the dynasty of Dundas , then exercising supreme power over the northern division of the island . One day we happened to meet in the eighth or ninth story or flat in Buccleugh ...
... opinions upon political subjects a little too liberal for the dynasty of Dundas , then exercising supreme power over the northern division of the island . One day we happened to meet in the eighth or ninth story or flat in Buccleugh ...
Page vii
... opinions are abolished , and I see nothing in such measures but unmixed good and real increase of strength to our Establishment . The idea of danger from the extension of the Catholic religion in England I utterly deride . The Catholic ...
... opinions are abolished , and I see nothing in such measures but unmixed good and real increase of strength to our Establishment . The idea of danger from the extension of the Catholic religion in England I utterly deride . The Catholic ...
Page viii
... opinion at that period ; and not only was there no pay , but there were many stripes . It is always considered as a piece of impertinence in England , if a man of less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all upon ...
... opinion at that period ; and not only was there no pay , but there were many stripes . It is always considered as a piece of impertinence in England , if a man of less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all upon ...
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... opinions which gain few or no proselytes , and feelings which excite little or no sympathy- the neglect of all the usual duties , by which social life is preserved or adorned ; and in the pursuit of other duties which are unusual , and ...
... opinions which gain few or no proselytes , and feelings which excite little or no sympathy- the neglect of all the usual duties , by which social life is preserved or adorned ; and in the pursuit of other duties which are unusual , and ...
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... opinion acquires ascendancy in any particular country , every public institution becomes more and more guaranteed from abuse . Upon the whole , this sermon is rather the production of what is called a sensible , than of a very acute man ...
... opinion acquires ascendancy in any particular country , every public institution becomes more and more guaranteed from abuse . Upon the whole , this sermon is rather the production of what is called a sensible , than of a very acute man ...
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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.