Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... religious liberty and parliamentary reform became a national movement , the great transaction of 1688 has been more dispassionately , more correctly , and less highly esti- mated . " While we transcribe the words , our anger cools down ...
... religious liberty and parliamentary reform became a national movement , the great transaction of 1688 has been more dispassionately , more correctly , and less highly esti- mated . " While we transcribe the words , our anger cools down ...
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... Religion in 1688 was not a rational conviction , or a sentiment of benevolence and charity ; but one of the malignant passions , and a cause of quarrel . Even in the next age , Congreve makes a lying sharper , in one of his plays , talk ...
... Religion in 1688 was not a rational conviction , or a sentiment of benevolence and charity ; but one of the malignant passions , and a cause of quarrel . Even in the next age , Congreve makes a lying sharper , in one of his plays , talk ...
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... religion ? Was it against an insignificant man that Dryden put forth all his powers of invective in the most ... religious opinions . This proves that they were on terms of the closest intimacy . But this is not all . There is still ...
... religion ? Was it against an insignificant man that Dryden put forth all his powers of invective in the most ... religious opinions . This proves that they were on terms of the closest intimacy . But this is not all . There is still ...
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... religion , there are devotees who show their reverence for a departed saint by converting his tomb into a sanctuary for crime . Receptacles of wick- edness are suffered to remain undisturbed in the neighbour- hood of the church , which ...
... religion , there are devotees who show their reverence for a departed saint by converting his tomb into a sanctuary for crime . Receptacles of wick- edness are suffered to remain undisturbed in the neighbour- hood of the church , which ...
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... religion . He seems to have passed his life in dawdling suspense between Hobbism and Popery . He was crowned in his youth with the Cove- nant in his hand ; he died at last with the Host sticking in his throat ; and , during most of the ...
... religion . He seems to have passed his life in dawdling suspense between Hobbism and Popery . He was crowned in his youth with the Cove- nant in his hand ; he died at last with the Host sticking in his throat ; and , during most of the ...
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