The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and ConversationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1869 - 355 páginas |
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... Church , for helping to rivet the fetters of Catholic and Protestant Dissenters ; and no more chance of a Whig administration than of a thaw in Zembla . These were the penalties exacted for liberality of opinion at that period ; and not ...
... Church , for helping to rivet the fetters of Catholic and Protestant Dissenters ; and no more chance of a Whig administration than of a thaw in Zembla . These were the penalties exacted for liberality of opinion at that period ; and not ...
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... Church , in the degree in which they insist upon this doctrine . In the hands of a man of sense and education , it is a safe doctrine in the management of the Methodists it becomes ridiculous and degrading . ; TRUE BASIS OF RELIGION ...
... Church , in the degree in which they insist upon this doctrine . In the hands of a man of sense and education , it is a safe doctrine in the management of the Methodists it becomes ridiculous and degrading . ; TRUE BASIS OF RELIGION ...
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... Church and Throne with its tremendous force . Though irre- sistible , it was short ; enthusiasm spent its force — the usual reaction took place ; and England was deluged with ribaldry and indecency , because it had been worried with ...
... Church and Throne with its tremendous force . Though irre- sistible , it was short ; enthusiasm spent its force — the usual reaction took place ; and England was deluged with ribaldry and indecency , because it had been worried with ...
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... Church may remain as it is for ever ; -the enthusiasm must be progressive , or it will expire .- [ E . R. 1808. ] INROADS OF METHODISM . THE Methodists have made an alarming inroad into the Church , and they are attacking the army and ...
... Church may remain as it is for ever ; -the enthusiasm must be progressive , or it will expire .- [ E . R. 1808. ] INROADS OF METHODISM . THE Methodists have made an alarming inroad into the Church , and they are attacking the army and ...
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... churches : you would destroy all their present motives for doing right and avoiding wrong , without being able to fix upon their minds the more sublime motives by which you profess to be actuated . If there were a fair prospect of ...
... churches : you would destroy all their present motives for doing right and avoiding wrong , without being able to fix upon their minds the more sublime motives by which you profess to be actuated . If there were a fair prospect of ...
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