The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and Conversation |
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... reverend renegades advanced to the highest dignities of the 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 .
... reverend renegades advanced to the highest dignities of the 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 .
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THERE is nothing heretical in saying , that God sometimes intervenes with his special providence ; but these people differ from the Established Church , in the degree in which they insist upon this doctrine .
THERE is nothing heretical in saying , that God sometimes intervenes with his special providence ; but these people differ from the Established Church , in the degree in which they insist upon this doctrine .
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The last eruption took place about a century and a half ago , and destroyed both Church and Throne with its tremendous force . Though irresistible , it was short ; enthusiasm spent its force -- the usual reaction took place ...
The last eruption took place about a century and a half ago , and destroyed both Church and Throne with its tremendous force . Though irresistible , it was short ; enthusiasm spent its force -- the usual reaction took place ...
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THE Tabernacle really is to the church what Sadler's Wells is to the Drama . There , popularity is gained by vaulting and tumbling , — by low arts , which the regular clergy are not too idle to have recourse to , but too dignified ...
THE Tabernacle really is to the church what Sadler's Wells is to the Drama . There , popularity is gained by vaulting and tumbling , — by low arts , which the regular clergy are not too idle to have recourse to , but too dignified ...
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They would tumble their own idols into the river and you would build them no 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 ...
They would tumble their own idols into the river and you would build them no 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 ...
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| Cím | The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings and Conversation |
| Szerző | Sydney Smith |
| Kiadás | újranyomás |
| Kiadó | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1869 |
| Eredeti forrása | Harvard Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2009. jan. 23. |
| Terjedelem | 355 oldal |
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