The Works of Sydney Smith, Volume 1Longman, 1839 |
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... nature , and the circumstances of human life , the principles of particular and universal benevolence are compatible : in the last , commenting on the nature of the charitable institution for which he is preaching . The former part is ...
... nature , and the circumstances of human life , the principles of particular and universal benevolence are compatible : in the last , commenting on the nature of the charitable institution for which he is preaching . The former part is ...
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... nature — In a subsequent part of his sermon , Dr. Parr handles the same topic with equal success . The stoics , it has been said , were more successful in weakening the tender affections , than in animating men to the stronger virtues ...
... nature — In a subsequent part of his sermon , Dr. Parr handles the same topic with equal success . The stoics , it has been said , were more successful in weakening the tender affections , than in animating men to the stronger virtues ...
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... Nature impels us both to good and bad actions ; and , even in the former , gives us no measure by which we may prevent them from de- generating into excess . Rapine and revenge , are not less natural than parental and filial affection ...
... Nature impels us both to good and bad actions ; and , even in the former , gives us no measure by which we may prevent them from de- generating into excess . Rapine and revenge , are not less natural than parental and filial affection ...
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... natural for a single instant . Every thing smells of the rhetorician . He never appears to forget himself , or to be hurried by his subject into obvious language . Every expression seems to be the result of artifice and intention ; and ...
... natural for a single instant . Every thing smells of the rhetorician . He never appears to forget himself , or to be hurried by his subject into obvious language . Every expression seems to be the result of artifice and intention ; and ...
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... nature , such an account cannot but be very affecting , in spite of the bad taste in which it is communicated . How painful to reflect , that a truly devout and at- tentive minister , a strenuous defender of the church establishment ...
... nature , such an account cannot but be very affecting , in spite of the bad taste in which it is communicated . How painful to reflect , that a truly devout and at- tentive minister , a strenuous defender of the church establishment ...
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Página 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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Página 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.
Página 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.