The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... produce the 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 ...
... produce the 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 ...
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... produced by their non - existence . The history of the colony is at present , however , in its least interesting state , on account of the great pre- ponderance of depraved inhabitants , whose crimes and irregularities give a monotony ...
... produced by their non - existence . The history of the colony is at present , however , in its least interesting state , on account of the great pre- ponderance of depraved inhabitants , whose crimes and irregularities give a monotony ...
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... and rob in so very alarming a manner , that it has been repeatedly found necessary to fire upon them ; and many have , in consequence , fallen victims to their rashness . The soil is found to produce coal in vast abundance AUSTRALIA . 47.
... and rob in so very alarming a manner , that it has been repeatedly found necessary to fire upon them ; and many have , in consequence , fallen victims to their rashness . The soil is found to produce coal in vast abundance AUSTRALIA . 47.
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Sydney Smith. The soil is found to produce coal in vast abundance , salt , lime , very fine iron ore , timber fit for all purposes , excellent flax , and a tree , the bark of which is admi- rably adapted for cordage . The discovery of ...
Sydney Smith. The soil is found to produce coal in vast abundance , salt , lime , very fine iron ore , timber fit for all purposes , excellent flax , and a tree , the bark of which is admi- rably adapted for cordage . The discovery of ...
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... produced by a long course of dissolute habits . In such cases the high prices of labour , which the Governor was so desirous of abating , bid fair not only to increase the agricultural prosperity , but to effect the moral reformation of ...
... produced by a long course of dissolute habits . In such cases the high prices of labour , which the Governor was so desirous of abating , bid fair not only to increase the agricultural prosperity , but to effect the moral reformation 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.