Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page 4
... friend to liberty without calling for a community of goods , or a friend to order without taking under his protection the foulest excesses of tyranny . His admiration oscillates between the most worthless of rebels and the most ...
... friend to liberty without calling for a community of goods , or a friend to order without taking under his protection the foulest excesses of tyranny . His admiration oscillates between the most worthless of rebels and the most ...
Page 8
... friends to preach the Gospel among savages , and who should , after labouring indefatigably without any hope of reward , terminate his life by martyrdom , would deserve the warmest admiration . Yet we doubt whether ten of the ten ...
... friends to preach the Gospel among savages , and who should , after labouring indefatigably without any hope of reward , terminate his life by martyrdom , would deserve the warmest admiration . Yet we doubt whether ten of the ten ...
Page 27
... friends to represent it , and far more wicked . In the first place , the transaction was illegal from beginning to end . The impeachment was illegal . The process was illegal . The service was illegal . If Charles wished to prosecute ...
... friends to represent it , and far more wicked . In the first place , the transaction was illegal from beginning to end . The impeachment was illegal . The process was illegal . The service was illegal . If Charles wished to prosecute ...
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... friends and the enemies of liberty perceived with equal clearness the causes of this general decay . It is the favourite theme of Strafford . He advises the King to procure from the Judges a recognition of his right to raise an army at ...
... friends and the enemies of liberty perceived with equal clearness the causes of this general decay . It is the favourite theme of Strafford . He advises the King to procure from the Judges a recognition of his right to raise an army at ...
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... friends to the Constitution , and that , but for the solemn protestations by which the King bound himself to govern according to the law for the future , they never would have joined his standard . But surely they underrated the public ...
... friends to the Constitution , and that , but for the solemn protestations by which the King bound himself to govern according to the law for the future , they never would have joined his standard . But surely they underrated the public ...
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