Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 35
... ment continue to rise in their demands at the risk of pro- voking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given up . The Star Chamber had been abolished . Provision had been made for the frequent convocation and secure deliberation of ...
... ment continue to rise in their demands at the risk of pro- voking a civil war ? The ship - money had been given up . The Star Chamber had been abolished . Provision had been made for the frequent convocation and secure deliberation of ...
Page 68
... ment . But , in the most flourishing parts of Italy , the feudal nobles were reduced to comparative insignificance . In some districts they took shelter under the protection of the power- ful commonwealths which they were unable to ...
... ment . But , in the most flourishing parts of Italy , the feudal nobles were reduced to comparative insignificance . In some districts they took shelter under the protection of the power- ful commonwealths which they were unable to ...
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... ment , and the priests of a baser superstition . The name of the man whose genius had illuminated all the dark places of policy , and to whose patriotic wisdom an oppressed people had owed their last chance of emancipation and revenge ...
... ment , and the priests of a baser superstition . The name of the man whose genius had illuminated all the dark places of policy , and to whose patriotic wisdom an oppressed people had owed their last chance of emancipation and revenge ...
Page 130
... ment was perverted ; while the people were eaten as though they were bread . Once , and but once , for a moment , and but for a moment , when her own dignity and property were touched , she forgot to practise the submission which she ...
... ment was perverted ; while the people were eaten as though they were bread . Once , and but once , for a moment , and but for a moment , when her own dignity and property were touched , she forgot to practise the submission which she ...
Page 132
... ment for promotion . But experience has clearly shown that a Calvinistic church , like every other church , is disaffected when it is persecuted , quiet when it is tolerated , and actively loyal when it is favoured and cherished ...
... ment for promotion . But experience has clearly shown that a Calvinistic church , like every other church , is disaffected when it is persecuted , quiet when it is tolerated , and actively loyal when it is favoured and cherished ...
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