Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 47
... liberty , not as a means , but as an end , and who proposed to themselves , as the object of their pursuit , the prosperity of the state as distinct from the prosperity of the individuals who compose the state . His calm and settled ...
... liberty , not as a means , but as an end , and who proposed to themselves , as the object of their pursuit , the prosperity of the state as distinct from the prosperity of the individuals who compose the state . His calm and settled ...
Page 48
... liberty . JOHNSON : " Sir , that is all visionary . I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another . It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual . Sir , the danger of the abuse of power ...
... liberty . JOHNSON : " Sir , that is all visionary . I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another . It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual . Sir , the danger of the abuse of power ...
Page 70
... liberty . Fanaticism , engendered by persecution , and destined to engender persecution in turn , spread rapidly through society . Even the strongest and most commanding minds were not proof against this strange taint . Any time might ...
... liberty . Fanaticism , engendered by persecution , and destined to engender persecution in turn , spread rapidly through society . Even the strongest and most commanding minds were not proof against this strange taint . Any time might ...
Page 85
... liberty than had fallen to the lot of any neighbouring people . How it chanced that a country conquered and en- slaved by invaders , a country of which the soil had been portioned out among foreign adventurers and of which the laws were ...
... liberty than had fallen to the lot of any neighbouring people . How it chanced that a country conquered and en- slaved by invaders , a country of which the soil had been portioned out among foreign adventurers and of which the laws were ...
Page 86
... liberty . The authority which had been exercised by the Popes was transferred almost entire to the King . Two formidable powers which had often THE REFORMATION AND LIBERTY 87 served to check each other 86 JOHN HAMPDEN.
... liberty . The authority which had been exercised by the Popes was transferred almost entire to the King . Two formidable powers which had often THE REFORMATION AND LIBERTY 87 served to check each other 86 JOHN HAMPDEN.
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