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... Forces dispersed . Argyle a Prisoner .. His Execution 513 517 518 524 Execution of Rumbold Death of Ayloffe .... Devastation of Argyleshire . Holland . His Arrival at Lyme . His Declaration .. 525 527 527 Ineffectual Attempts to prevent ...
... Forces dispersed . Argyle a Prisoner .. His Execution 513 517 518 524 Execution of Rumbold Death of Ayloffe .... Devastation of Argyleshire . Holland . His Arrival at Lyme . His Declaration .. 525 527 527 Ineffectual Attempts to prevent ...
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... force , has great reason to rejoice when a class , of which the influence is in- tellectual and moral , rises to ascendency . Such a class will doubtless abuse its power ; but mental power , even when abused , is still a nobler and ...
... force , has great reason to rejoice when a class , of which the influence is in- tellectual and moral , rises to ascendency . Such a class will doubtless abuse its power ; but mental power , even when abused , is still a nobler and ...
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... force , in richness , in aptitude for all the highest purposes of the poet , the philosopher , and the orator , inferior to that of Greece alone . Then , too , appeared the first faint dawn of that noble literature , the most splendid ...
... force , in richness , in aptitude for all the highest purposes of the poet , the philosopher , and the orator , inferior to that of Greece alone . Then , too , appeared the first faint dawn of that noble literature , the most splendid ...
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... force of arms , a great empire on the Continent . The claim of Edward to the inheritance occupied by the house of Valois was a claim in which it might seem that his subjects were little interested . But the passion for con- quest spread ...
... force of arms , a great empire on the Continent . The claim of Edward to the inheritance occupied by the house of Valois was a claim in which it might seem that his subjects were little interested . But the passion for con- quest spread ...
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... force . Moral causes noiselessly effaced , first the distinction be- tween Norman and Saxon , and then the distinction be- tween master and slave . None can venture to fix the precise moment at which either distinction ceased . Some ...
... force . Moral causes noiselessly effaced , first the distinction be- tween Norman and Saxon , and then the distinction be- tween master and slave . None can venture to fix the precise moment at which either distinction ceased . Some ...
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Page 45 - Whoever passes, in Germany, from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant principality, in Switzerland from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant canton, in Ireland from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant county, finds that he has passed from a lower to a higher grade of civilization.
Page 151 - The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page 16 - Then first appeared with distinctness that Constitution which has ever since, through all changes, preserved its identity ; that Constitution of which all the other free constitutions in the world are copies, and which, in spite of some defects, deserves to be regarded as the best under which any great society has ever yet existed during many ages.
Page 566 - The history of a battle," says the greatest of living generals, " is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost ; but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.
Page 78 - He seems to have learned from the theologians whom he most esteemed that between him and his subjects there could be nothing of the nature of mutual contract; that he could not, even if he would, divest himself of his despotic authority ; and that, in every promise which he made, there was an implied reservation that such promise might be broken in case of necessity, and that of the necessity he was the sole judge.
Page 351 - At length, in the spring of 1669, a great and daring innovation was attempted. It was announced that a vehicle, described as the Flying Coach, would perform the whole journey between sunrise and sunset. This spirited undertaking was solemnly considered and sanctioned by the Heads of the University, and appears to have excited the same sort of interest which is excited in our own time by the opening of a new railway. The Vice-chancellor, by a notice affixed in all public places, prescribed the hour...
Page 272 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
Page 197 - Few things in our history are more curious than the origin and growth of the power now possessed by the Cabinet. From an early period the Kings of England had been assisted by a Privy Council to which the law assigned many important functions and duties. During several centuries this body deliberated on the gravest and most delicate affairs. But by degrees its character changed. It became too large for despatch and secrecy. The rank of Privy Councillor was often bestowed as an honorary distinction...
Page 347 - It was only in fine weather that the whole breadth of the road was available for wheeled vehicles. Often the mud lay deep on the right and the left ; and only a narrow track of firm ground rose above the quagmire.
Page 150 - Churches and sepulchers, fine works of art and curious remains of antiquity, were brutally defaced. The Parliament resolved that all pictures in the royal collection which contained representations of Jesus or of the Virgin Mother should be burned. Sculpture fared as ill as painting. Nymphs and Graces, the work of Ionian chisels, were delivered over to Puritan stone-masons to be made decent.