Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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... Catholic , myriads of cavalry and long trains of artillery which would have astonished the Great Captain . It might have been expected , that every English- man who takes any interest in any part of history would be curious to know how ...
... Catholic , myriads of cavalry and long trains of artillery which would have astonished the Great Captain . It might have been expected , that every English- man who takes any interest in any part of history would be curious to know how ...
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... Catholic missionaries , and much sublime theo - philanthropy , stolen from the New Testament , and put into the mouths of virtuous and philosophical Brahmins . Clive was now secure in the enjoyment of his fortune and his honours . He ...
... Catholic missionaries , and much sublime theo - philanthropy , stolen from the New Testament , and put into the mouths of virtuous and philosophical Brahmins . Clive was now secure in the enjoyment of his fortune and his honours . He ...
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... Catholic Church . The history of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization . No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times when the smoke of sacrifice rose from the Pantheon ...
... Catholic Church . The history of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization . No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times when the smoke of sacrifice rose from the Pantheon ...
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... Catholicism . We wish that we could think so . But we see great reason to doubt whether this be a well - founded expectation . We see that during the last two hundred and fifty years the human mind has been in the highest degree active ...
... Catholicism . We wish that we could think so . But we see great reason to doubt whether this be a well - founded expectation . We see that during the last two hundred and fifty years the human mind has been in the highest degree active ...
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... Catholics now hold , with Pascal , that , in deciding the point at all , the Church exceeded her powers , and was , therefore , justly left destitute of that supernatural assistance which , in the exercise of her legitimate functions ...
... Catholics now hold , with Pascal , that , in deciding the point at all , the Church exceeded her powers , and was , therefore , justly left destitute of that supernatural assistance which , in the exercise of her legitimate functions ...
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