Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... reform . It proves nothing against reform . It proves only this , that laws have no magical , no supernatural virtue ; that laws do not act like Aladdin's lamp or Prince Ahmed's apple ; that priestcraft , that ignorance , that the rage ...
... reform . It proves nothing against reform . It proves only this , that laws have no magical , no supernatural virtue ; that laws do not act like Aladdin's lamp or Prince Ahmed's apple ; that priestcraft , that ignorance , that the rage ...
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... reform . The Council of Constance removed some of the grossest of those scandals which had deprived the Church of the public respect . The authority of that venerable synod propped up the sinking authority of the Popedom . A ...
... reform . The Council of Constance removed some of the grossest of those scandals which had deprived the Church of the public respect . The authority of that venerable synod propped up the sinking authority of the Popedom . A ...
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... reform bills . In his manhood he brought in gagging bills . But the change , though lamentable , was , in our opinion , per- fectly natural , and might have been perfectly honest . He changed with the great body of his countrymen . Mr ...
... reform bills . In his manhood he brought in gagging bills . But the change , though lamentable , was , in our opinion , per- fectly natural , and might have been perfectly honest . He changed with the great body of his countrymen . Mr ...
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... reform of the House of Commons as a revolution . Others have denied the propriety of the term . The question , though in seeming merely a question of defi- nition , suggests much curious and interesting matter for reflection . If we ...
... reform of the House of Commons as a revolution . Others have denied the propriety of the term . The question , though in seeming merely a question of defi- nition , suggests much curious and interesting matter for reflection . If we ...
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... reform the adminis- tration of justice , to revive the institution of the States General . If he had ruled over France during forty or fifty years , that great movement of the human mind , which no government could have arrested , which ...
... reform the adminis- tration of justice , to revive the institution of the States General . If he had ruled over France during forty or fifty years , that great movement of the human mind , which no government could have arrested , which ...
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