The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1849 |
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... reform would have been carried on as unsparingly in England as in Scotland . ' The character of James I. served a similar purpose in English history with that of John . It is one of the feeblest and most con- temptible in our records ...
... reform would have been carried on as unsparingly in England as in Scotland . ' The character of James I. served a similar purpose in English history with that of John . It is one of the feeblest and most con- temptible in our records ...
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... reform it , and on which it was at length reformed in our own times . Small boroughs were disfranchised even more unsparingly than in 1832 ; and the number of county members was greatly increased . Very few unrepre- sented towns had yet ...
... reform it , and on which it was at length reformed in our own times . Small boroughs were disfranchised even more unsparingly than in 1832 ; and the number of county members was greatly increased . Very few unrepre- sented towns had yet ...
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... reform , but his imprudence baulked his will , and he saw that affairs were resolving themselves into the utmost confusion . He then determined to restore the ancient order of things . Because he had failed to carry out his plans of reform ...
... reform , but his imprudence baulked his will , and he saw that affairs were resolving themselves into the utmost confusion . He then determined to restore the ancient order of things . Because he had failed to carry out his plans of reform ...
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... reform their contemporaries to begin by reforming themselves . And yet , who that draws aside the exterior veil , and contemplates the Puritans by their fire - sides , can fail to be struck by the warm affections , the generous and ...
... reform their contemporaries to begin by reforming themselves . And yet , who that draws aside the exterior veil , and contemplates the Puritans by their fire - sides , can fail to be struck by the warm affections , the generous and ...
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... Reform Regis- tration Association . Leeds Mercury , December 16 , 1848 . MANY have been the elections of the West Riding of York , on which the entire nation has looked with deep and anxious interest . Since the memorable contest of ...
... Reform Regis- tration Association . Leeds Mercury , December 16 , 1848 . MANY have been the elections of the West Riding of York , on which the entire nation has looked with deep and anxious interest . Since the memorable contest of ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
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Page 623 - ... an act made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled ' An Act for exempting their Majesties...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.