Critical and Historical Essays1951 |
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Page 41
... interest in the prosperity and dignity of the order to which the writer belonged ; an interest which , when kept within certain limits , does not deserve censure , but which can never be considered as a virtue . Laud is anxious to accom ...
... interest in the prosperity and dignity of the order to which the writer belonged ; an interest which , when kept within certain limits , does not deserve censure , but which can never be considered as a virtue . Laud is anxious to accom ...
Page 68
... interest of the executive government to protect those very doctrines which an executive government is in general inclined to persecute . The sovereign , the ministers , the courtiers , at last even the universities and the clergy , were ...
... interest of the executive government to protect those very doctrines which an executive government is in general inclined to persecute . The sovereign , the ministers , the courtiers , at last even the universities and the clergy , were ...
Page 352
... interest whenever it was not incompatible with the interest of his own intense and grasping ambition . It was only in matters of public moment that he shrank from agitation and had recourse to compromise . In his contests for personal ...
... interest whenever it was not incompatible with the interest of his own intense and grasping ambition . It was only in matters of public moment that he shrank from agitation and had recourse to compromise . In his contests for personal ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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