The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... preached at 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 ...
... preached at 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 ...
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... preaching . The former part is levelled against the doctrines of Mr.Godwin ; and , here , Dr. Parr exposes , very strongly and happily , the folly of making universal benevolence the immediate motive of our actions . As we consider this ...
... preaching . The former part is levelled against the doctrines of Mr.Godwin ; and , here , Dr. Parr exposes , very strongly and happily , the folly of making universal benevolence the immediate motive of our actions . As we consider this ...
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... preaching , and the power of preaching well , we are giving no opinion as to whether it might , or might not , be re- medied ; but merely stating a fact . Pulpit discourses 12 DR . RENNEL .
... preaching , and the power of preaching well , we are giving no opinion as to whether it might , or might not , be re- medied ; but merely stating a fact . Pulpit discourses 12 DR . RENNEL .
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... preacher is afraid of violating the ancient tranquillity of the pulpit ; and the audience are commonly apt to ... preach well , and teach well , at the same time , such objections , resting only upon a supposed incompatibility of ...
... preacher is afraid of violating the ancient tranquillity of the pulpit ; and the audience are commonly apt to ... preach well , and teach well , at the same time , such objections , resting only upon a supposed incompatibility of ...
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... preaching commonplace sermons , but is a very bad one for publishing them . We had great hopes , that Dr. Rennel's Sermons would have proved an exception to the character we have given of sermons in general ; and we have read through ...
... preaching commonplace sermons , but is a very bad one for publishing them . We had great hopes , that Dr. Rennel's Sermons would have proved an exception to the character we have given of sermons in general ; and we have read through ...
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