Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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Page 37
... Cromwell , his bitterest enemies themselves being judges , destitute of private virtues ? And what , after all , are the virtues ascribed to Charles ? A re- ligious zeal , not more sincere than that of his son , and fully as weak and ...
... Cromwell , his bitterest enemies themselves being judges , destitute of private virtues ? And what , after all , are the virtues ascribed to Charles ? A re- ligious zeal , not more sincere than that of his son , and fully as weak and ...
Page 46
... Cromwell and liberty , but between Cromwell and the Stuarts . That Milton chose well , no man can doubt who fairly compares the events of the protectorate with those of the thirty years which succeeded it , the darkest and most ...
... Cromwell and liberty , but between Cromwell and the Stuarts . That Milton chose well , no man can doubt who fairly compares the events of the protectorate with those of the thirty years which succeeded it , the darkest and most ...
Page 48
... and selfish politicians , who transferred their support to every government as it rose , who kissed the hand of the King in 1640 , and spat in his face in 1649 , who shouted with equal glee when Cromwell was inau- gurated in 48 MILTON .
... and selfish politicians , who transferred their support to every government as it rose , who kissed the hand of the King in 1640 , and spat in his face in 1649 , who shouted with equal glee when Cromwell was inau- gurated in 48 MILTON .
Page 49
... Cromwell was inau- gurated in Westminster Hall , and when he was dug up to be hanged at Tyburn , who dined on calves ' heads , or stuck up oak - branches , as circumstances altered , without the slightest shame or repugnance . These we ...
... Cromwell was inau- gurated in Westminster Hall , and when he was dug up to be hanged at Tyburn , who dined on calves ' heads , or stuck up oak - branches , as circumstances altered , without the slightest shame or repugnance . These we ...
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... Cromwell was accustomed to call the Heathens , men who were , in the phraseology of that time , doubting Thomases or careless Gallios with regard to religious subjects , but passionate worshippers of freedom . Heated by the study of ...
... Cromwell was accustomed to call the Heathens , men who were , in the phraseology of that time , doubting Thomases or careless Gallios with regard to religious subjects , but passionate worshippers of freedom . Heated by the study of ...
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