The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review . - - I see very little in my Reviews to alter or repent of : I always ...
... talents of good and able men have since lessened or removed ; and these effects have been not a little assisted by the honest boldness of the Edinburgh Review . - - I see very little in my Reviews to alter or repent of : I always ...
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... talents . The good which one active character effects , and the wise order which he establishes , may outlive him for a long period ; and we all hate each other's crimes , by which we gain nothing , so much , that in proportion as ...
... talents . The good which one active character effects , and the wise order which he establishes , may outlive him for a long period ; and we all hate each other's crimes , by which we gain nothing , so much , that in proportion as ...
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... talents for that purpose : whereas , the only evil which accrues from the promotion of a clergyman to the pulpit , which he has no ability to fill as he ought , is the fatigue of the audience , and the dis- credit of that species of ...
... talents for that purpose : whereas , the only evil which accrues from the promotion of a clergyman to the pulpit , which he has no ability to fill as he ought , is the fatigue of the audience , and the dis- credit of that species of ...
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... talents for pulpit eloquence . The subjects of his sermons , fourteen in number , are , 1. The consequences of the vice of gaming : 2. On old age : 3. Benevolence ex- clusively an evangelical virtue : 4. The services ren- dered to the ...
... talents for pulpit eloquence . The subjects of his sermons , fourteen in number , are , 1. The consequences of the vice of gaming : 2. On old age : 3. Benevolence ex- clusively an evangelical virtue : 4. The services ren- dered to the ...
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... 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 taking the thing to be proved , for part of the proof , can be ...
... 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 taking the thing to be proved , for part of the proof , can be ...
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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.