Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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Page 10
... terrible and signal triumph . Each of these memorable events may be described as a rising up of the human reason against a Caste . The one was a struggle of the laity against the clergy for intellectual liberty 10 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... terrible and signal triumph . Each of these memorable events may be described as a rising up of the human reason against a Caste . The one was a struggle of the laity against the clergy for intellectual liberty 10 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... reason is simply that they will not bear to be ill governed . In some of the oriental monarchies , in Afghanistan for example , though there exists nothing which an European publicist would call a Constitution , the sov- ereign ...
... reason is simply that they will not bear to be ill governed . In some of the oriental monarchies , in Afghanistan for example , though there exists nothing which an European publicist would call a Constitution , the sov- ereign ...
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... good plea for her successors ; and for this plain reason , that they were her successors . She governed one generation , they governed another ; and between the two generations there was almost as little in com- BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 38.
... good plea for her successors ; and for this plain reason , that they were her successors . She governed one generation , they governed another ; and between the two generations there was almost as little in com- BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 38.
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... reason over prejudice . France had rejected the faith of Pascal and Descartes as a nursery fable , that a courtezan might be her idol , and a madman her priest . She had asserted her free- dom against Louis , that she might bow down ...
... reason over prejudice . France had rejected the faith of Pascal and Descartes as a nursery fable , that a courtezan might be her idol , and a madman her priest . She had asserted her free- dom against Louis , that she might bow down ...
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... reason to omit a few passages , and to add many quali- fications and explanations . He would not probably have been inclined to retract the censures , just , though severe , which he has passed on the ignorance , the presumption , and ...
... reason to omit a few passages , and to add many quali- fications and explanations . He would not probably have been inclined to retract the censures , just , though severe , which he has passed on the ignorance , the presumption , and ...
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