| 1797 - 618 páginas
...euiogiuni that his pen could well dictate : " So absolute (says he) was the authority of the erown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled and...preserved by the Puritans alone, and it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution *." — It Blight have been concluded... | |
| 1797 - 616 páginas
...dictate : " So absolute (says he) was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of lilierty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone, and it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution *."— It might have been concluded that... | |
| 1815 - 436 páginas
...declares, that "the precious spark of liberty," not religious liberty, but " liberty" in general, " had been kindled, and was preserved by the Puritans alone; and it was to this sect, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Did Mr. Brook then really mean the present... | |
| David Hume - 1807 - 552 páginas
...other historian, has taken any notice of them. So absolute indeed was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and...ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution. Actuated by that zeal which belongs to innovators, and by the courage which enthusiasm... | |
| David Bogue, James Bennett - 1808 - 492 páginas
...of the clergy, and ° So absolute was tlie authority of the crown (in the reign of the Tudors) that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone. And to this sect the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution. Hume's History of England. by... | |
| Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 páginas
...puritans in England, and that " it is to this sect, whose principles appear so frivotyus, and whose habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Lect. ow Hist. 4to. p. 436. garded as having been of small consequence to the cause... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 páginas
...observes, when speaking of the conduct of Elizabeth, " so absolute was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and...ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution.'' When it is considered who it is that thus speaks of the Puritans, and when it is also... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 páginas
...observes when speaking of Ule conduct of Elizabeth, " so absolute was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and...preserved by the Puritans alone, and it was to this Ktt, whose principles appear so frivolous, rod habits so ridiculous, that the English o« the whole... | |
| Micaiah Towgood - 1811 - 340 páginas
...authority of the crown, that the " precious spark of liberty had been kindred, and was 1jre" served by the Puritans alone; and it was to this sect, whose " principles appear BO frivolous, and habits so ridiculous, that " the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution."... | |
| David Hume - 1812 - 550 páginas
...historian, has taken any notice of them. So absolute, indeed, was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritants alone j and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous,... | |
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