The United Kingdom: A Political History, Том 2Macmillan, 1899 |
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... spirit ; the wreck of chimerical hopes by loss of faith in rational effort . Puritanism , aiming at an unattainable standard , had denied the multitude pleasure , not only evil pleasure , such as that of bear - baiting , cock - fighting ...
... spirit ; the wreck of chimerical hopes by loss of faith in rational effort . Puritanism , aiming at an unattainable standard , had denied the multitude pleasure , not only evil pleasure , such as that of bear - baiting , cock - fighting ...
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... spirits , is Hobbes , who had once been Charles's tutor . Revolution and civil war had bred in Hobbes the belief that ... spirit of the triumphant party , with its hatred of high aspiration and austere morality , was embodied , to the ...
... spirits , is Hobbes , who had once been Charles's tutor . Revolution and civil war had bred in Hobbes the belief that ... spirit of the triumphant party , with its hatred of high aspiration and austere morality , was embodied , to the ...
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... spirit . " So , not ignobly , passed away the dream of dominion founded on grace , which had been dreamed by Wycliffe three cen- turies before . The gentle Evelyn missed the execution of some of the regicides , but " met their quarters ...
... spirit . " So , not ignobly , passed away the dream of dominion founded on grace , which had been dreamed by Wycliffe three cen- turies before . The gentle Evelyn missed the execution of some of the regicides , but " met their quarters ...
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... spirit to distinguish his case from that of his fellows in the Council of State . His great crime in Cavalier eyes probably was his production of fatal evidence against Strafford . His execution was a dastardly murder . His lofty ...
... spirit to distinguish his case from that of his fellows in the Council of State . His great crime in Cavalier eyes probably was his production of fatal evidence against Strafford . His execution was a dastardly murder . His lofty ...
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... in the abstract , practically effective , it would have been necessary to change the spirit of the nation . At the gorgeous coronation of Charles the religion of etiquette was fully revived , though with innovation de- rived CHARLES II 11.
... in the abstract , practically effective , it would have been necessary to change the spirit of the nation . At the gorgeous coronation of Charles the religion of etiquette was fully revived , though with innovation de- rived CHARLES II 11.
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Страница 391 - Without effecting the change so rapidly or so roughly as to shock the feelings and trample on the welfare of the existing generation, it must henceforth be the first and steady purpose of the British Government to establish an English population, with English laws and language, in this Province, and to trust its government to none but a decidedly English Legislature.
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Страница 391 - Great Britain. I would not impair a single prerogative of the Crown ; on the contrary, I believe that the interests of the people of these Colonies require the protection of prerogatives, which have not hitherto been exercised. But the Crown must, on the other hand, submit to the necessary consequences of representative institutions ; and if it has to carry on the Government in unison with a representative body, it must consent to carry it on by means of those in whom that representative body has...
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Страница 146 - Kings.—The notions concerning the divine institution and right of kings, as well as the absolute power belonging to their office, have no foundation in fact or reason, but have risen from an old alliance between ecclesiastical and civil policy. The characters of king and priest have been sometimes blended together; and when they have been divided, as kings have found the great effects wrought in government by the empire which priests obtain over the consciences of mankind, so priests have been...
Страница 79 - That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the " constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original " contract between king and people ; and having, by " the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated " the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself out of " the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the