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... questions that are separate , in distorting perspective , in exaggerating proportions , and in falsifying the past for the sake of some spurious edification of the present . Of the Historic Sense it has been truly said that its rise ...
... questions that are separate , in distorting perspective , in exaggerating proportions , and in falsifying the past for the sake of some spurious edification of the present . Of the Historic Sense it has been truly said that its rise ...
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... . to the end of Elizabeth ; whether the real conservative on the old lines of the constitution was not King Charles himself , —all these and kindred questions , profoundly interesting as they are 17 с THE STATE AND ITS LEADERS.
... . to the end of Elizabeth ; whether the real conservative on the old lines of the constitution was not King Charles himself , —all these and kindred questions , profoundly interesting as they are 17 с THE STATE AND ITS LEADERS.
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John Morley. these and kindred questions , profoundly interesting as they are , fill little space in the story of Cromwell . It was not until the day of the lawyers and the constitutionalists had passed that Cromwell's hour arrived , and ...
John Morley. these and kindred questions , profoundly interesting as they are , fill little space in the story of Cromwell . It was not until the day of the lawyers and the constitutionalists had passed that Cromwell's hour arrived , and ...
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... questions of the future could be decided by no appeals to an obscure and dis- putable past . The manifest issue was whether prerogative was to be the basis of the government of England . Charles held that it had been always so , and ...
... questions of the future could be decided by no appeals to an obscure and dis- putable past . The manifest issue was whether prerogative was to be the basis of the government of England . Charles held that it had been always so , and ...
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... question may stand over , how far the working of historical necessity is shaped by character and motive in given individuals . Suppose that Charles had been endowed with the qualities of Oliver , his strong will , his active courage ...
... question may stand over , how far the working of historical necessity is shaped by character and motive in given individuals . Suppose that Charles had been endowed with the qualities of Oliver , his strong will , his active courage ...
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Page 16 - Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Page 427 - Park ; and before I came to him, as he rode at the head of his life-guard, I saw and felt a waft of death go forth against him : and when I came to him he looked like a dead man.
Page 145 - Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies.
Page 433 - Your pretended fear lest Error should step in, is like the man who would keep all the wine out of the country lest men should be drunk. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy, to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon a supposition he may abuse it. When he doth abuse it, judge.
Page 208 - I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he; and therefore truly, sir, I think it's clear, that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government...
Page 368 - The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat ; if not, I would very fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast. He hath only some activity to do some more mischief.
Page 24 - Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 392 - I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this.
Page 279 - If your forces had been in a readiness to have fallen upon the back of Copperspath, it might have occasioned supplies to have come to us. But the only wise God knows what is best. All shall work for Good. Our spirits * are comfortable, praised be the Lord, — though our present condition be as it is.
Page 7 - I was by birth a Gentleman ; living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several employments in the Nation : To serve in...