Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 44
... church and state reaped only that which they had sown . The Govern- ment had prohibited free discussion : it had done its best to keep the people unacquainted with their duties and their rights . The retribution was just and natural ...
... church and state reaped only that which they had sown . The Govern- ment had prohibited free discussion : it had done its best to keep the people unacquainted with their duties and their rights . The retribution was just and natural ...
Page 54
... Church , and Aristocracy , who , in the short intervals of domestic sedition and rebellion , made the name of England terrible to every nation on the face of the earth , were no vulgar fanatics . Most of their absurdities were mere ...
... Church , and Aristocracy , who , in the short intervals of domestic sedition and rebellion , made the name of England terrible to every nation on the face of the earth , were no vulgar fanatics . Most of their absurdities were mere ...
Page 59
... church that they fought , but for the old banner which had waved in so many battles over the heads of their fathers , and for the altars at which they had received the hands of their brides . Though nothing could be more erroneous than ...
... church that they fought , but for the old banner which had waved in so many battles over the heads of their fathers , and for the altars at which they had received the hands of their brides . Though nothing could be more erroneous than ...
Page 68
... Church of Rome has pronounced his works accursed things . Nor have our own country- men been backward in testifying their opinion of his merits . Out of his surname they have coined an epithet for a knave , and out of his Christian name ...
... Church of Rome has pronounced his works accursed things . Nor have our own country- men been backward in testifying their opinion of his merits . Out of his surname they have coined an epithet for a knave , and out of his Christian name ...
Page 73
... Church and the Empire . It was fostered and invigorated by their disputes . In the twelfth century it attained its full vigour , and , after a long and doubtful conflict , triumphed over the abilities and courage of the Swabian princes ...
... Church and the Empire . It was fostered and invigorated by their disputes . In the twelfth century it attained its full vigour , and , after a long and doubtful conflict , triumphed over the abilities and courage of the Swabian princes ...
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