Critical and Historical Essays ; Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longman, 1862 |
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... less scan- dalous than those of Hebert , mummeries scarcely less absurd than those of Clootz , and crimes scarcely less atrocious than those of Marat , disgrace the early his- tory of Protestantism . The Reformation is an event long ...
... less scan- dalous than those of Hebert , mummeries scarcely less absurd than those of Clootz , and crimes scarcely less atrocious than those of Marat , disgrace the early his- tory of Protestantism . The Reformation is an event long ...
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... with a few occasional deviations , a popu- lar government , under the forms of despotism . At first sight , it may seem that the prerogatives of Eliza- beth were not less ample than those of Louis the BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 15.
... with a few occasional deviations , a popu- lar government , under the forms of despotism . At first sight , it may seem that the prerogatives of Eliza- beth were not less ample than those of Louis the BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 15.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. beth were not less ample than those of Louis the Fourteenth , and her parliaments were as obsequious as his parliaments , that her warrant had as much au- thority as his lettre - de - cachet . The extravagance ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. beth were not less ample than those of Louis the Fourteenth , and her parliaments were as obsequious as his parliaments , that her warrant had as much au- thority as his lettre - de - cachet . The extravagance ...
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... she was able to establish the Catholic worship and to persecute those who would not con- form to it , it was evidently because the people cared far less for the Protestant religion than for the rights 22 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... she was able to establish the Catholic worship and to persecute those who would not con- form to it , it was evidently because the people cared far less for the Protestant religion than for the rights 22 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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Thomas Babington Macaulay. far less for the Protestant religion than for the rights of property and for the independence of the English crown . In plain words , they did not think the dif ference between the hostile sects worth a ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay. far less for the Protestant religion than for the rights of property and for the independence of the English crown . In plain words , they did not think the dif ference between the hostile sects worth a ...
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