Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 125
... reform had been necessary ; but that a great reform had been made , that the grievances of the nation had been fully redressed , that sufficient vengeance had been exacted for the past , that sufficient security had been provided for ...
... reform had been necessary ; but that a great reform had been made , that the grievances of the nation had been fully redressed , that sufficient vengeance had been exacted for the past , that sufficient security had been provided for ...
Page 126
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. path of reform , perhaps to retrace a few of their steps . A direct collision soon took place between the two parties into which the House of Commons , lately at almost perfect unity with itself ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. path of reform , perhaps to retrace a few of their steps . A direct collision soon took place between the two parties into which the House of Commons , lately at almost perfect unity with itself ...
Page 164
... 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 ; 1 It must be remembered that this was written ...
... 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 ; 1 It must be remembered that this was written ...
Page 172
... 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 vener- able 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 vener- able synod propped up the sinking authority of the Popedom . A ...
Page 190
... reform and brydell theyr owne natures for a tyme , and applye their conditions to the maners of those men with whom they meddell gladlye by friendshippe ; whose mis- chievous maners a man shall never knowe untyll he come under ther ...
... reform and brydell theyr owne natures for a tyme , and applye their conditions to the maners of those men with whom they meddell gladlye by friendshippe ; whose mis- chievous maners a man shall never knowe untyll he come under ther ...
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