 | 1797 - 618 էջ
...euiogiuni that his pen could well dictate : " So absolute (says he) was the authority of the erown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled...preserved by the Puritans alone, and it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution *." — It Blight have been concluded... | |
 | 1797 - 616 էջ
...dictate : " So absolute (says he) was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of lilierty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone, and it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution *."— It might have been concluded that... | |
 | 1815 - 436 էջ
...declares, that "the precious spark of liberty," not religious liberty, but " liberty" in general, " had been kindled, and was preserved by the Puritans alone; and it was to this sect, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Did Mr. Brook then really mean the present... | |
 | David Bogue, James Bennett - 1808 - 492 էջ
...opinions of the clergy, and ° So absolute was tlie authority of the crown (in the reign of the Tudors) that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone. And to this sect the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution. Hume's History of England. by... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 էջ
...principles of civil and religious liberty, observes when speaking of Ule conduct of Elizabeth, " so absolute was the authority of the crown, that the precious...preserved by the Puritans alone, and it was to this Ktt, whose principles appear so frivolous, rod habits so ridiculous, that the English o« the whole... | |
 | Micaiah Towgood - 1811 - 340 էջ
...in their favour. He observes, (when speaking of the arbitrary conduct of Elizabeth,) " So absolute was the authority of the crown, that the " precious spark of liberty had been kindred, and was 1jre" served by the Puritans alone; and it was to this sect, whose " principles appear... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 550 էջ
...neither Camdenj though a contemporary writer, nor any other historian, has taken any notice of them. So absolute, indeed, was the authority of the crown,...liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritants alone j and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous,... | |
 | Benjamin Brook - 1813 - 494 էջ
...with ridicule and contempt, has bestowed upon them the highest eulogium. " So absolute," says he, " was the " authority of the crown, that the precious...preserved, " by the Puritans alone; and it was to this sect " that the English owe the whole freedom of their " constitution.^ It is granted that they had not... | |
 | Benjamin Brook - 1813 - 494 էջ
...with ridicule and contempt, has bestowed upon them the highest eulogium. " So absolute," says he, " was the " authority of the crown, that the precious..." by the Puritans alone ; and it was to this sect " that the English owe the whole freedom of their " constitution."! It is granted that they had not... | |
 | 1815 - 670 էջ
...Puritanism and the love ' of liberty arose and advanced together*.' ' So absolute,' he observes, ' was the authority of the crown, that the precious...was preserved by ' the Puritans alone ; and it was (is) to this sect that the English ' owe the whole freedom of their constitution !f Mr. Brook, in the... | |
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So absolute (says he) was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved, by the Puritans alone ; and it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution. 
