Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 88
... England . Exactly a hundred years before , they said , the Armada , invincible by man , had been scattered by the wrath of God . Civil freedom and divine truth were again in jeopardy ; and again the obedient elements had fought for the ...
... England . Exactly a hundred years before , they said , the Armada , invincible by man , had been scattered by the wrath of God . Civil freedom and divine truth were again in jeopardy ; and again the obedient elements had fought for the ...
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... England , it will do so . If the English government can subdue France , it will do so . But the power of England and France is either equal or not equal . The chance that it is not exactly equal is as infinity to one , and may safely be ...
... England , it will do so . If the English government can subdue France , it will do so . But the power of England and France is either equal or not equal . The chance that it is not exactly equal is as infinity to one , and may safely be ...
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... England . The Church of England is , according to him , the pure Catholic Church of Christ , which possesses the apostolical succession of ministers , and within whose pale is to be found that unity which is essential to truth . For her ...
... England . The Church of England is , according to him , the pure Catholic Church of Christ , which possesses the apostolical succession of ministers , and within whose pale is to be found that unity which is essential to truth . For her ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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