Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 39
... church and state reaped only that which they had sown . The government had prohibited free discussion : it had done its best to keep the people un- acquainted with their duties and their rights . The retribution was just and natural ...
... church and state reaped only that which they had sown . The government had prohibited free discussion : it had done its best to keep the people un- acquainted with their duties and their rights . The retribution was just and natural ...
Page 49
... 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 53
... It was not for a treacherous king or an intolerant 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 MILTON . 53.
... It was not for a treacherous king or an intolerant 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 MILTON . 53.
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... Church of Rome has pronounced his works accursed things . Nor have our own countrymen 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 a ...
... Church of Rome has pronounced his works accursed things . Nor have our own countrymen 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 a ...
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... Church and the Empire . It was fostered and invigorated by their disputes . In the twelfth century it at- tained its full vigour , and , after a long and doubtful conflict , triumphed over the abilities and courage of the Swabian ...
... Church and the Empire . It was fostered and invigorated by their disputes . In the twelfth century it at- tained its full vigour , and , after a long and doubtful conflict , triumphed over the abilities and courage of the Swabian ...
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