Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... independent mind , emancipated from the in- fluence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his digest of scriptural texts is certainly among the 2 MILTON .
... independent mind , emancipated from the in- fluence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his digest of scriptural texts is certainly among the 2 MILTON .
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... its worst vices , a complete subjection of reason to authority , a weak preference of form to substance , a childish passion for mummeries , an idola- trous veneration for the priestly character , and , above MILTON . 31.
... its worst vices , a complete subjection of reason to authority , a weak preference of form to substance , a childish passion for mummeries , an idola- trous veneration for the priestly character , and , above MILTON . 31.
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... authority , not even reserving to himself a veto on its enact- ments ; and he did not require that the chief magistracy should be hereditary in his family . Thus far , we think , if the cir- cumstances of the time and the opportunities ...
... authority , not even reserving to himself a veto on its enact- ments ; and he did not require that the chief magistracy should be hereditary in his family . Thus far , we think , if the cir- cumstances of the time and the opportunities ...
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... authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army against each other . Sect raved against sect . Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in ...
... authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army against each other . Sect raved against sect . Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in ...
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... authority of the Pope , and that the Pope had issued a bull against the Queen . We know through what strange loopholes the human mind con- trives to escape , when it wishes to avoid a disagreeable inference from an admitted proposition ...
... authority of the Pope , and that the Pope had issued a bull against the Queen . We know through what strange loopholes the human mind con- trives to escape , when it wishes to avoid a disagreeable inference from an admitted proposition ...
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