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The girls listened seriously, as they always did when their Captain started one of her "sermonettes" as Julie called them; and when she had concluded, Joan said: "In other words, you want us to starve the poor wraith still more by withdrawing any thoughts from the matter whatever?"

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There is the question of length, which can only be settled by careful and prayerful consideration of special circumstances, with recollection of the general principles that the morning sermon should be short compared with that of the evening, and that he who would reach the hearts of the poor must not give them "sermonettes," but sermons.

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And so the CBS censors sent Tom Smothers a memo saying, okay, you can have David Steinberg back, but no more religious sermonettes ever.

'The Uncensored Story' Of The Smothers Brothers 2010

And this script was a gem of its genre -- lean, clean, and (truth to tell) a lot more dramatic than the novel itself, which is thoroughly Gradgrindian in its pedantic tone and constant sermonettes.

Hard Times deliasherman 2010

And so the CBS censors sent Tom Smothers a memo saying, okay, you can have David Steinberg back, but no more religious sermonettes ever.

'The Uncensored Story' Of The Smothers Brothers 2010

So, he invites David Steinberg back, and even though it's not in the script, says hey, how'd you like to do another one of those sermonettes?

'The Uncensored Story' Of The Smothers Brothers 2010

And this script was a gem of its genre -- lean, clean, and (truth to tell) a lot more dramatic than the novel itself, which is thoroughly Gradgrindian in its pedantic tone and constant sermonettes.

Hard Times deliasherman 2010

So, he invites David Steinberg back, and even though it's not in the script, says hey, how'd you like to do another one of those sermonettes?

'The Uncensored Story' Of The Smothers Brothers 2010

The pious market-themed sermonettes of a Steve Forbes or a David Brooks clearly -- nay, painfully -- fit the bill, as have institutions as far-flung as the Democratic Party, the higher education world, and the sporting scene.

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So, he invites David Steinberg back, and even though it's not in the script, says hey, how'd you like to do another one of those sermonettes?

'The Uncensored Story' Of The Smothers Brothers 2010