Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 58
Page 32
... force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect , only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ...
... force in favour of what is called the Great Rebellion . In one respect , only , we think , can the warmest admirers of Charles venture to say that he was a better sovereign than his son . He was not , in name and profession , a Papist ...
Page 45
... force , it was not till he found that the few members who remained after so many deaths , secessions , and expulsions , were desirous to appropriate to themselves a power which they held only in trust , and to inflict upon England the ...
... force , it was not till he found that the few members who remained after so many deaths , secessions , and expulsions , were desirous to appropriate to themselves a power which they held only in trust , and to inflict upon England the ...
Page 46
... force of circumstances , though we admire , in common with all men of all parties , the ability and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading for arbitrary and lawless power , even in his hands . We know that a good ...
... force of circumstances , though we admire , in common with all men of all parties , the ability and energy of his splendid administration , we are not pleading for arbitrary and lawless power , even in his hands . We know that a good ...
Page 76
... force long after their neighbours had begun to hire soldiers . But their military spirit declined with their singular institu- tions . In the second century before Christ , Greece contained only one nation of warriors , the savage ...
... force long after their neighbours had begun to hire soldiers . But their military spirit declined with their singular institu- tions . In the second century before Christ , Greece contained only one nation of warriors , the savage ...
Page 120
... Elizabeth apply with much greater force to the case of her sister Mary . The Catholics did not , at the time of Elizabeth's accession , rise in arins to seat a Pretender on her throne . But before Mary 120 HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
... Elizabeth apply with much greater force to the case of her sister Mary . The Catholics did not , at the time of Elizabeth's accession , rise in arins to seat a Pretender on her throne . But before Mary 120 HALLAM'S CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration army Austrian authority battle better Boswell Catholic century character Charles Christian Church Clarendon conduct contempt court Croker Cromwell death doctrines Edinburgh Review eminent enemies England English Europe executive government favour feelings France Frederic Frederic's French Hallam Hampden honour House of Commons human James Jews Johnson King liberty literary lived Long Parliament Lord Byron Machiavelli manner means ment military Milton mind moral morocco nation nature never opinion Parliament party passions persecution person Petition of Right Pilgrim's Progress poems poet poetry political Pope Portrait Post 8vo Prince principles produced Prussia Puritans racter reason reign religion respect Revolution Robert Montgomery royal says scarcely Second Edition seems Silesia soldiers Southey Southey's spirit Square crown 8vo Strafford strong talents thing THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thousand tion troops vols Voltaire whole Woodcuts writer