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... spirit of the English Revolution of 1688-89 then had a chance of power . There was a vigorous attack upon dissent , and a Bill had passed the House of Commons ( but had been thrown out by the Lords ) for disqualifying Dissenters from ...
... spirit of the English Revolution of 1688-89 then had a chance of power . There was a vigorous attack upon dissent , and a Bill had passed the House of Commons ( but had been thrown out by the Lords ) for disqualifying Dissenters from ...
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... Lords and Commons , there can no greater testimony appear than when your prudent spirit acknowledges and obeys the voice of reason from what quarter soever it be heard speaking ; and renders ye as willing to repeal any act of your own ...
... Lords and Commons , there can no greater testimony appear than when your prudent spirit acknowledges and obeys the voice of reason from what quarter soever it be heard speaking ; and renders ye as willing to repeal any act of your own ...
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... Lords and Commons of England , consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull , but of a quick , ingenious , and piercing spirit , acute to invent , subtle and sinewy to discourse ...
... Lords and Commons of England , consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull , but of a quick , ingenious , and piercing spirit , acute to invent , subtle and sinewy to discourse ...
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the Lords the Bishops , fathers of the Church , have behaved themselves in the public cause ; they know what ... spirit of Englishmen or the charity of Christians in others , it is certain we can feel but little of the pleasure of love ...
the Lords the Bishops , fathers of the Church , have behaved themselves in the public cause ; they know what ... spirit of Englishmen or the charity of Christians in others , it is certain we can feel but little of the pleasure of love ...
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... Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons , assembled at Westminster , lawfully , fully , and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm , did upon the 13th day of February , in the year of our Lord 1688 , present ...
... Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons , assembled at Westminster , lawfully , fully , and freely representing all the estates of the people of this realm , did upon the 13th day of February , in the year of our Lord 1688 , present ...
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Page 60 - From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them.
Page 313 - And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 273 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
Page 307 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 312 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 311 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 310 - And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 37 - There must be licensing dancers, that no gesture, motion, or deportment be taught our youth, but what by their allowance shall be thought honest; for such Plato was provided of. It will ask more than the work of twenty licensers to examine all the lutes, the violins, and the guitars in every house; they must not be suffered to prattle as they do, but must be licensed what they may say.
Page 29 - Good and evil we know in the field of this world grow up together almost inseparably; and the knowledge of good is so involved and interwoven with the knowledge of evil, and in so many cunning resemblances hardly to be discerned, that those confused seeds which were imposed upon Psyche as an incessant labour to cull out, and sort asunder, were not more intermixed.
Page 309 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
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Representation and Misrepresentation in Later Stuart Britain: Partisanship ... Mark Knights No preview available - 2005 |