The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1849 |
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... never witnessed such a combination of legislative wisdom with administrative vigour , and her name consequently rose to an unparalleled height in the estimation of other nations . The following passage will surprise those whose views of ...
... never witnessed such a combination of legislative wisdom with administrative vigour , and her name consequently rose to an unparalleled height in the estimation of other nations . The following passage will surprise those whose views of ...
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... never spoke without uttering ribaldry and blasphemy , he made some amends by his eagerness to send Baxter and Howe to gaol for preaching and praying . Thus the clergy , for a time , made war on schism with so much vigour that they had ...
... never spoke without uttering ribaldry and blasphemy , he made some amends by his eagerness to send Baxter and Howe to gaol for preaching and praying . Thus the clergy , for a time , made war on schism with so much vigour that they had ...
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... never wandered far beyond the frontier of either . The party to which he at any moment belonged , was the party which , at that moment , he liked least , because it was the party of which at that moment he had the nearest view . He was ...
... never wandered far beyond the frontier of either . The party to which he at any moment belonged , was the party which , at that moment , he liked least , because it was the party of which at that moment he had the nearest view . He was ...
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... never before had a scruple , had on a sudden become strangely scrupulous . Churchill gently whispered that the king was going too far . Kirke , just returned from his western butchery , swore to stand by the Protestant religion . Even ...
... never before had a scruple , had on a sudden become strangely scrupulous . Churchill gently whispered that the king was going too far . Kirke , just returned from his western butchery , swore to stand by the Protestant religion . Even ...
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... never occurred to him that the two sentiments , which seemed inse- parable and even identical , might one day be found to be not only dis- tinct but incompatible . From the commencement of the strife between the Stuarts and the Commons ...
... never occurred to him that the two sentiments , which seemed inse- parable and even identical , might one day be found to be not only dis- tinct but incompatible . From the commencement of the strife between the Stuarts and the Commons ...
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Página 513 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Página 514 - Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory, which should never fade away. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt ; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language ; nobles, by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Página 363 - Murray's Encyclopaedia of Geography ; comprising a complete Description of the Earth : Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Nations. Second Edition ; with 82 Maps, and upwards of 1,000 other Woodcuts. 8vo. price 60s. Neale.
Página 623 - ... an act made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled ' An Act for exempting their Majesties...
Página 3 - I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.
Página 4 - It will be my endeavour to relate the history of the people as well as the history of the government, to trace the progress of useful and ornamental arts, to describe the rise of religious sects, and the changes of literary taste, to portray the manners of successive generations...
Página 628 - Although by woful proof we find They always leave a scar behind. He knew the seat of paradise, Could tell in what degree it lies: And, as he was disposed, could prove it, Below the moon, or else above it. What Adam dreamt of when his bride Came from her closet in his side: Whether the Devil tempted her By a High Dutch interpreter...
Página 718 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Página 14 - I know you well. I will set a mark on you. You are the patron of the faction. This is an old rogue, a schismatical knave, a hypocritical villain. He hates the Liturgy. He would have nothing but long-winded cant without book ;" and then his lordship turned up his eyes, clasped his hands, and.
Página 209 - God, let us hold fast our profession; for we have not a High Priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.