The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... poor man suffered , was treason against the Plousiocracy , and was bitterly and steadily resented . Lord Grey had not then taken off the bearing - rein from the English people , as Sir Francis Head has now done from horses . To set on ...
... poor man suffered , was treason against the Plousiocracy , and was bitterly and steadily resented . Lord Grey had not then taken off the bearing - rein from the English people , as Sir Francis Head has now done from horses . To set on ...
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... poor sophistical refuge for a worn- out conscience , they even imitate . To such , let the Scripture speak with emphatical decision - When thou sawest a thief , then thou consentedst with him . ' The reader will easily observe , in this ...
... poor sophistical refuge for a worn- out conscience , they even imitate . To such , let the Scripture speak with emphatical decision - When thou sawest a thief , then thou consentedst with him . ' The reader will easily observe , in this ...
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... poor are not to be supported , in time of famine , by abatement of price on the part of the farmer , but by the subscription of residentiary canons , archdeacons , and all men rich in public or private property ; and to these subscrip ...
... poor are not to be supported , in time of famine , by abatement of price on the part of the farmer , but by the subscription of residentiary canons , archdeacons , and all men rich in public or private property ; and to these subscrip ...
Page 52
... labour is the very corner- stone on which the prosperity of a new colony depends . It enables the poor man to live with ease ; and is the strongest incitement to population , by rendering children rather a 52 AUSTRALIA .
... labour is the very corner- stone on which the prosperity of a new colony depends . It enables the poor man to live with ease ; and is the strongest incitement to population , by rendering children rather a 52 AUSTRALIA .
Page 70
... poor contemptible species of amusement ; a delight in which , evinces a very bad taste in wit . Whether the Irish make more bulls than their neighbours , is , as we have before remarked , not a point of much importance ; but it is of ...
... poor contemptible species of amusement ; a delight in which , evinces a very bad taste in wit . Whether the Irish make more bulls than their neighbours , is , as we have before remarked , not a point of much importance ; but it is of ...
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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.