The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, Volume 3Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848 |
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... Ireland -- and both are equally dis- graceful . เ Nothing can be more striking than the conduct of the parent Legislature to the Legislature of the West Indian Islands . 6 We cannot leave you to yourselves upon these points ' ( says the ...
... Ireland -- and both are equally dis- graceful . เ Nothing can be more striking than the conduct of the parent Legislature to the Legislature of the West Indian Islands . 6 We cannot leave you to yourselves upon these points ' ( says the ...
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... Ireland is concerned . The saint who swoons at the lashes of the Indian slave is the encourager of No Popery Meetings , and the hard , bigot- ted , domineering tyrant of Ireland . See the folly of delaying to settle a question , which ...
... Ireland is concerned . The saint who swoons at the lashes of the Indian slave is the encourager of No Popery Meetings , and the hard , bigot- ted , domineering tyrant of Ireland . See the folly of delaying to settle a question , which ...
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... Ireland against all Europe , that we are always to main- tain it ? And then , what if the struggle does at last end in our favour ? Is the loss of English lives and of English money not to be taken into account ? Is this the way in ...
... Ireland against all Europe , that we are always to main- tain it ? And then , what if the struggle does at last end in our favour ? Is the loss of English lives and of English money not to be taken into account ? Is this the way in ...
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... Ireland no democratic party existed in England . The efforts of Government were left free and unimpeded . But ... Ireland , and that all Ireland would rush , tail foremost , into insurrection . A new source of disquietude and war has ...
... Ireland no democratic party existed in England . The efforts of Government were left free and unimpeded . But ... Ireland , and that all Ireland would rush , tail foremost , into insurrection . A new source of disquietude and war has ...
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... Ireland was a beacon for avoidance ; and in Canada you established and endowed the religion of the people . Canada was your only Roman Catholic colony . Your other colonies revolted ; they called on a Catholic power to support them ...
... Ireland was a beacon for avoidance ; and in Canada you established and endowed the religion of the people . Canada was your only Roman Catholic colony . Your other colonies revolted ; they called on a Catholic power to support them ...
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Página 240 - I believe, that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused by, or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the good of the church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever.
Página 241 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, as settled by law within this realm: And I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant government in the United Kingdom...
Página 218 - Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the...
Página 218 - In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and...
Página 353 - Instead of being the ignorant man he pretends to be, before he meets the deputation of tallowchandlers in the morning, he sits up half the night talking with Thomas Young about melting and skimming, and then, though he has acquired knowledge enough to work off a whole vat of prime Leicester tallow, he pretends next morning not to know the difference between a dip and a mould.
Página 471 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Página 351 - Young Crumpet is sent to school — takes to his books — spends the best years of his life, as all eminent Englishmen do, in making Latin verses — knows that the crum in crumpet is long, and the pet short — goes to the University — gets a prize for an essay on the Dispersion of the Jews — takes orders — becomes a bishop's chaplain — has a young nobleman for his pupil — publishes a useless classic and a serious call to the unconverted — and then goes through the Elysian transitions...
Página 6 - For upon what face of reason can that assistance be denied to save the life of a man which yet is allowed him in prosecutions for every petty trespass?
Página 229 - All young Ladies will imagine (as soon as this Bill is carried) that they will be instantly married. Schoolboys believe that Gerunds and Supines will be abolished, and that Currant Tarts must ultimately come down in price ; the Corporal and Sergeant are sure of double pay ; bad Poets will expect a demand for their Epics. Fools will be disappointed, as they always are ; reasonable men, who know what to expect, will find that a very serious good has been obtained.
Página 62 - ... he has not yet polluted the Protestantism of our soil. Exactly in the same manner, the story of the wooden gods seized at Charing Cross, by an order from the Foreign Office, turns out to be without the shadow of a foundation; instead of the angels and archangels, mentioned by the informer, nothing was discovered but a wooden image of Lord Mulgrave, going down to Chatham, as a head- piece for the Spanker gun-vessel; it was an exact resemblance of his Lordship in his military uniform; and THEREFORE...