Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 3-4A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1897 |
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الصفحة 87
... employed , it was not persecution in the worst and most frightful shape . The severities of Lewis the Fourteenth , odious as they were , cannot be compared with those which , at the first dawn of the Reformation , had been inflicted on ...
... employed , it was not persecution in the worst and most frightful shape . The severities of Lewis the Fourteenth , odious as they were , cannot be compared with those which , at the first dawn of the Reformation , had been inflicted on ...
الصفحة 94
... nervous , and extravagantly superstitious . Porto Car- rero had learned in the exercise of his profession the art of exciting and soothing such minds ; and he employed that art with the calm and demure cruelty which 94 LORD MAHON'S WAR OF.
... nervous , and extravagantly superstitious . Porto Car- rero had learned in the exercise of his profession the art of exciting and soothing such minds ; and he employed that art with the calm and demure cruelty which 94 LORD MAHON'S WAR OF.
الصفحة 95
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. employed that art with the calm and demure cruelty which is the characteristic of wicked and ambitious priests . He first supplanted the confessor . The state of the poor King , during the ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. employed that art with the calm and demure cruelty which is the characteristic of wicked and ambitious priests . He first supplanted the confessor . The state of the poor King , during the ...
الصفحة 97
... employed those terrors with true professional skill . The King's life was drawing to a close . Would the most Catholic prince commit a great sin on the brink of the grave ? And what could be a greater sin than , from an unreasonable ...
... employed those terrors with true professional skill . The King's life was drawing to a close . Would the most Catholic prince commit a great sin on the brink of the grave ? And what could be a greater sin than , from an unreasonable ...
الصفحة 110
... employed in vain , was taken as easily as if it had been an open village in a plain . The garrison went to say their prayers instead of standing on their guard . A few English sailors climbed the rock . The Spaniards ca- pitulated ; and ...
... employed in vain , was taken as easily as if it had been an open village in a plain . The garrison went to say their prayers instead of standing on their guard . A few English sailors climbed the rock . The Spaniards ca- pitulated ; and ...
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الصفحة 292 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
الصفحة 309 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigor when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
الصفحة 308 - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series, from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
الصفحة 86 - We very much doubt whether Lord Mahon can prove that the income which the Spanish government derived from the mines of America fluctuated more than the income derived from the internal taxes of Spain itself. All the causes of the decay of Spain resolve themselves into one cause, bad government.
الصفحة 465 - To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy wa.s to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was noble ; but the latter was attainable.
الصفحة 173 - Where the Church must needs have some ordained, and neither hath nor can have possibly a bishop to ordain, in case of such necessity the ordinary institution of God hath given oftentimes, and may give place. And therefore we are not simply without exception to urge a lineal descent of power from the Apostles by continued succession of bishops in every effectual ordination.
الصفحة 358 - No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.