The Puritan in Holland, England, and America: An Introduction to American History, Volume 1 |
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Alva America Anabaptists ancient Antwerp army became Bruges called Catholic century chapter character Charles Charles the Bold Church civilization classes commerce Continent court Davies's Holland death developed doctrines Dutch Republic early Elizabeth Encyclopædia Britannica enemy England English Puritans established Europe fact Flanders Flemish foreign France French Froude gave German Gneist guilds Hallam Hist historians houses Huguenots hundred influence institutions Italian Italy king land learning Leyden liberty lish literature lived looked Low Countries manufactures ment Middle Ages modern moral Motley Motley's nation nature Netherlands never nobles Norman Parliament peace persons Philip pope Prince of Orange Protestant provinces Puritans queen question race Reformation reign religion religious Roman Rome says scholars schools seemed seventeen provinces soil soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish stadtholder thought thousand throne tion towns wealth William of Orange writers Zeeland
Popular passages
Page 246 - 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.
Page 46 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 64 - If a man were called to fix upon the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most calamitous and afflicted, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Theodosius the Great, to the establishment of the Lombards in Italy.
Page 247 - 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...
Page 334 - 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...
Page 28 - I thank God there are no free schools nor printing! and I hope we shall not have 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 them both!
Page 50 - 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.
Page 64 - 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. Such princes deserved the honour of restoring the republic, had the Romans of their days been capable of enjoying a rational...
Page 42 - These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government and for its preservation.
Page 356 - And suffer not thy sons to pass the Alps, for they shall learn nothing there but pride, blasphemy, and atheism.