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... cause , should be omnipotent for evil ? Doubtless there was many a jolly Popish priest in the old manor - houses of the northern counties , who would have admitted , in theory , the deposing power of the Pope , but who would not have ...
... cause , should be omnipotent for evil ? Doubtless there was many a jolly Popish priest in the old manor - houses of the northern counties , who would have admitted , in theory , the deposing power of the Pope , but who would not have ...
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... cause and to stand by it , in spite of those excesses by which every cause , however good in itself , will be disgraced . The present evil always seemed to him the worst . He was always going backward and forward ; but it should be ...
... cause and to stand by it , in spite of those excesses by which every cause , however good in itself , will be disgraced . The present evil always seemed to him the worst . He was always going backward and forward ; but it should be ...
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... cause of religion . There was another party , by no means numerous , but distinguished by learning and ability ... cause of the King was the cause of bigotry and tyranny , we yet cannot refrain from looking with complacency on the ...
... cause of religion . There was another party , by no means numerous , but distinguished by learning and ability ... cause of the King was the cause of bigotry and tyranny , we yet cannot refrain from looking with complacency on the ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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