Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 402 pages |
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... the volume are discernible the traces of a powerful and independent mind , emancipated from the in- fluence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone 2 MILTON .
... the volume are discernible the traces of a powerful and independent mind , emancipated from the in- fluence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone 2 MILTON .
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... authority , a weak preference of form to substance , a childish passion for mummeries , an idolatrous veneration for the priestly character , and , above all , a merciless intolerance . This , however , we waive . We will concede that ...
... authority , a weak preference of form to substance , a childish passion for mummeries , an idolatrous veneration for the priestly character , and , above all , a merciless intolerance . This , however , we waive . We will concede that ...
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... authority , not even reserving to himself a veto on its enact- ments ; and he did not require that the chief magistracy should be hereditary in his family , Thus far , we think , if the cir- cumstances of the time and the opportunities ...
... authority , not even reserving to himself a veto on its enact- ments ; and he did not require that the chief magistracy should be hereditary in his family , Thus far , we think , if the cir- cumstances of the time and the opportunities ...
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... authority under which they met , and that he was in danger of being deprived of the restricted power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . Yet ...
... authority under which they met , and that he was in danger of being deprived of the restricted power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . Yet ...
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... authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army against each other . Sect raved against sect . Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in ...
... authority . His death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the Parliament , the different corps of the army against each other . Sect raved against sect . Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in ...
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