 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pagina’s
...proving that a Scotch parochial minister had, " after the satisfactory discharge of his parish duties, five days in the week of uninterrupted leisure for...which his taste may dispose him to engage." It was well for himself, for his church, and his country, that Mr. Chalmers was defeated both in chemistry... | |
 | 1851 - 636 pagina’s
...asserted, " From what to him was the highest «£ all authority, the authority of his own experience, that after the satisfactory discharge of his parish...in which his taste may dispose him to engage." It can hardly be supposed that a thrust to which he so plainly lay open could take him altogether by surprise... | |
 | 1851 - 508 pagina’s
...in opposition with the sentiments he was then expressing on the Pluralities Bill. The sentence ran that, " After the satisfactory discharge of his parish...science in which his taste may dispose him to engage." Dr. Chalmers replied : — " Sir — That pamphlet I now declare to have been a production of my own,... | |
 | 1851 - 658 pagina’s
...authority of his own experience, that after the satisfactory discharge of his parish duties, o minister-may enjoy five days in the week of uninterrupted leisure...science in which his taste may dispose him to engage." — P. 93. An astounding sentiment, which Dr. Chalmers did his best in later years, when his conceptions... | |
 | 1852 - 1236 pagina’s
...discussion a pamphlet was quoted, in which the author asserted, from the evidence of his own experience, that "after the satisfactory discharge of his parish...science in which his taste may dispose him to engage." The pamphlet was Chalmers's, as our readers have probably anticipated. Chalmers told the house that... | |
 | 1852 - 318 pagina’s
...pluralities was not forgotten. He had said that, from the authority of his own experience, he could assert that, " after the satisfactory discharge of his parish...science in which his taste may dispose him to engage." The passage was quoted, and its authorship, though unacknowledged, was known. All eyes were turned... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers, John Cumming - 1853 - 488 pagina’s
...to him was the highest of all authority — the authority of his own experience,— he could assert that ' after the satisfactory discharge of his parish...science in which his taste may dispose him to engage.' As this passage was emphatically read, no doubtful hint being given as to its authorship, all eyes... | |
 | William Hanna - 1853 - 448 pagina’s
...can assert, from what to him is the highest of all authority, the authority of his own experience, that after the satisfactory discharge of his parish duties, a minister may enjoy five days' uninterrupted leisure for the prosecution of any science in which his taste may dispose him to engage... | |
 | Great - 1855 - 244 pagina’s
...which the author asserted, from " the highest of all authority, the authority of his own experience," that " after the satisfactory discharge of his parish...science in which his taste may dispose him to engage." Amidst breathless silence, Dr. Chalmers arose, and said, " Sir, that pamphlet I now declare to have... | |
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Chalmers here writes, with the honesty and intrepidity which were part of his being, — " the author of this pamphlet can assert, from what to him is the ' highest of all authority, the authority of his own experience, that, after the satisfactory discharge... 
