The Puritan in Holland, England, and America: An Introduction to American History, Volumen1

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Harper, 1892

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Rapid progress of American colleges
41
Religious liberty in England and America Date of
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The character of this law
64
American legal reforms copied by England
70
America the old world
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Americans should not share it
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CHAPTER I
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Its importance in the Netherlands
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Their characteristics
102
Italy never became barbarian The crusades and their
108
Originate woollen manufactures
114
Their townhalls the delight of the artist
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Foremost in the mechanical arts jewelry tapestry etc
126
Seventeen separate states each with its individual govern
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Their organization and government Minor republics
142
Antwerp a type of the larger towns
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First meeting of the StatesGeneral 1477
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Scholars in the Netherlands Erasmus Vesalius St Alde
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Victims of the Inquisition greater in number than in
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Religion and morality not necessarily allied in Europe
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Eleven years of misrule and Inquisition
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Disastrous effects of discovery of America on Spanish
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His undisciplined armies defeated by Alva
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Suspension of business and Alvas plan for its renewal
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Bright prospects for the future 1572
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Reliance of William of Orange on Providence Basis
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Hospitals and soldiers homes
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Death of Requesens 1576
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The Duke of Anjou brother of the French king proclaimed
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Results of his work Seven provinces redeemed
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Origin of religious liberty in the United States Its debt
249
Influence of Holland in religious matters on the general
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Spain marching on to universal dominion
259
Poetry not a fruit but the flower of civilization Homer
265
History of England a peculiar one marked by waves
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Página 250 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 68 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Página 251 - AND WHEREAS we are required by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind...
Página 338 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Página 35 - Secondly, nearly all these young ladies subscribe to circulating libraries. Thirdly, they have got up among themselves a periodical called THE LOWELL OFFERING, "A repository of original articles, written exclusively by females actively employed in the mills...
Página 426 - So absolute indeed was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone ; and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution.
Página 32 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them these hundred years, for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government. God keep us from both.
Página 54 - Above all, I sincerely believe that the public institutions and charities of this capital of Massachusetts are as nearly perfect, as the most considerate wisdom, benevolence, and humanity, can make them.
Página 68 - The armies were restrained by the firm but gentle hand of four successive emperors, whose characters and authority commanded involuntary respect. The forms of the civil administration were carefully preserved by Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the Antonines, who delighted in the image of liberty, and were pleased with considering themselves as the accountable ministers of the laws.
Página 266 - Poetry produces an illusion on the eye of the mind, as a magic lantern produces an illusion on the eye of the body. And, as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room, poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark age.

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