The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 - English literature |
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... writer of whom I am speaking had perused , as I have , your indentures , and your rules , he would have found in them seriousness without austerity , earnestness without extravagance , good sense without the trickeries of art , good ...
... writer of whom I am speaking had perused , as I have , your indentures , and your rules , he would have found in them seriousness without austerity , earnestness without extravagance , good sense without the trickeries of art , good ...
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... writer of sermons within the last century ) are plain good sense , a happy ap- plication of scriptural quotation , and a clear harmonious style , richly tinged with scriptural language . He ge- nerally leaves his readers pleased with ...
... writer of sermons within the last century ) are plain good sense , a happy ap- plication of scriptural quotation , and a clear harmonious style , richly tinged with scriptural language . He ge- nerally leaves his readers pleased with ...
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... writers have power to allure from the Church great numbers of proselytes , it is better to study them diligently , and to reply to them satisfactorily , than to veil insolence , want of power , or want of industry , by a pretended ...
... writers have power to allure from the Church great numbers of proselytes , it is better to study them diligently , and to reply to them satisfactorily , than to veil insolence , want of power , or want of industry , by a pretended ...
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... writing ; but it is without meaning : for , if words have any limits , it is a contradiction in terms to say of the same person , at the same time , that he is nicely discreet , and heroically zealous ; or that he is profoundly humble ...
... writing ; but it is without meaning : for , if words have any limits , it is a contradiction in terms to say of the same person , at the same time , that he is nicely discreet , and heroically zealous ; or that he is profoundly humble ...
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... writers ) of taking the thing to be proved , for part of the proof , can be considered as evidence of a logical understanding , the specimens of argument Dr. Rennel has afforded us are very insignificant . For putting obvious truths ...
... writers ) of taking the thing to be proved , for part of the proof , can be considered as evidence of a logical understanding , the specimens of argument Dr. Rennel has afforded us are very insignificant . For putting obvious truths ...
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Page 243 - 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.
Page 371 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
Page 4 - Blair's Chronological and Historical Tables, from the Creation to the present time : With Additions and Corrections from the most authentic Writers ; including the Computation of St. Paul, as connecting the Period from the Exode to the Temple.
Page 241 - 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.
Page 371 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added...
Page 19 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.
Page 7 - A Dictionary of Practical Medicine : Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders especially incidental to Climates, to Sex, and to the different Epochs of Life ; with numerous approved Formula) of the Medicines recommended.
Page 30 - Thomson's Tables of Interest, at Three, Four, Four-and-a-Half, and Five per Cent., from One Pound to Ten Thousand, and from 1 to 365 Days, in a regular progression of single Days ; with Interest at all the above Rates, from One to Twelve Months, and from One to Ten Years.
Page 14 - OF CHEMISTRY ; Including the most Recent Discoveries and Applications of the Science to Medicine and Pharmacy, and to the Arts. By ROBERT KANE, MDMRIA, Professor of Natural Philosophy to the Royal Dublin Society.