Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 20
... followed the issuing of King James's famous declaration , the meeting of the clergy , the violent scene at the Privy Council , the commitment , trial , and acquittal of the bishops . The most superficial reader must be charmed , we ...
... followed the issuing of King James's famous declaration , the meeting of the clergy , the violent scene at the Privy Council , the commitment , trial , and acquittal of the bishops . The most superficial reader must be charmed , we ...
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... followed the appearance of the " Vin- diciæ Gallicæ , " the opinions of Sir James Mackintosh underwent some change . But did this change pass on him alone ? Was it not common ? Was it not almost univer- sal ? Was there one honest friend ...
... followed the appearance of the " Vin- diciæ Gallicæ , " the opinions of Sir James Mackintosh underwent some change . But did this change pass on him alone ? Was it not common ? Was it not almost univer- sal ? Was there one honest friend ...
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... followed by a train of emigrants eager to restore the old abuses . We have now , we think , the whole before us . We should therefore be justly accused of levity or insincerity if our language concerning those events were constantly ...
... followed by a train of emigrants eager to restore the old abuses . We have now , we think , the whole before us . We should therefore be justly accused of levity or insincerity if our language concerning those events were constantly ...
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... followed . Yet he never , in the most gloomy times , abandoned the cause of liberty , and of toleration . In that great convulsion which overset almost every other understanding , he was indeed so much shaken that he leaned sometimes in ...
... followed . Yet he never , in the most gloomy times , abandoned the cause of liberty , and of toleration . In that great convulsion which overset almost every other understanding , he was indeed so much shaken that he leaned sometimes in ...
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... followed it . Each of those great and ever - memorable struggles , - Saxon against Norman , -Villein against Lord , -Protestant against Papist , -Roundhead against Cavalier , -Dissenter against Churchman , -Manchester against Old Sarum ...
... followed it . Each of those great and ever - memorable struggles , - Saxon against Norman , -Villein against Lord , -Protestant against Papist , -Roundhead against Cavalier , -Dissenter against Churchman , -Manchester against Old Sarum ...
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