Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 10
... Catholic is well known . It is said , ' cried Johnson , laughing , ' that he has been a Mahommedan . ' ' This sarcasm , " says the editor , ' probably alludes to the tenderness with which Gibbon's malevolence to Christianity induced him ...
... Catholic is well known . It is said , ' cried Johnson , laughing , ' that he has been a Mahommedan . ' ' This sarcasm , " says the editor , ' probably alludes to the tenderness with which Gibbon's malevolence to Christianity induced him ...
Page 74
... is called the Enlightener , and the House Beautiful is Castle Strength . Mr. Southey tell us that the Catholics had also their Pilgrim's Progress , without a Giant THE TIMES AND THE BOOK 75 Pope , in which 74 JOHN BUNYAN.
... is called the Enlightener , and the House Beautiful is Castle Strength . Mr. Southey tell us that the Catholics had also their Pilgrim's Progress , without a Giant THE TIMES AND THE BOOK 75 Pope , in which 74 JOHN BUNYAN.
Page 88
... Catholics had become Protestants , Protestants became Puritans ; and the Tudors and Stuarts were as unable to avert the latter change as the Popes had been to avert the former . The dissenting party in- creased and became strong under ...
... Catholics had become Protestants , Protestants became Puritans ; and the Tudors and Stuarts were as unable to avert the latter change as the Popes had been to avert the former . The dissenting party in- creased and became strong under ...
Page 124
... Catholic religion and its professors . In spite of the wishes of successive Parliaments , the Protestant separatists had been cruelly persecuted . And at the same time , in spite of the wishes of those very Parliaments , laws which were ...
... Catholic religion and its professors . In spite of the wishes of successive Parliaments , the Protestant separatists had been cruelly persecuted . And at the same time , in spite of the wishes of those very Parliaments , laws which were ...
Page 152
... Catholic , to worship the host . Dr. Nares speaks in several places with just severity of the sophistry of the Jesuits , and with just BURLEIGH AND MARY 153 admiration of the incomparable letters of 152 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES.
... Catholic , to worship the host . Dr. Nares speaks in several places with just severity of the sophistry of the Jesuits , and with just BURLEIGH AND MARY 153 admiration of the incomparable letters of 152 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES.
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