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... religion , converted every doubt into conviction , by appeal- ing to the bigotry and the superstition of the uninformed multitude . Yet Knox was probably conscientious , if the term can be applied with propriety to one who did not ...
... religion , converted every doubt into conviction , by appeal- ing to the bigotry and the superstition of the uninformed multitude . Yet Knox was probably conscientious , if the term can be applied with propriety to one who did not ...
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... religion , but to produce the very lowest state of mental degra- dation . Commerce was comparatively unknown , -agriculture but imperfectly understood . If the wants of the passing hour were supplied , however sparely , the enslaved ...
... religion , but to produce the very lowest state of mental degra- dation . Commerce was comparatively unknown , -agriculture but imperfectly understood . If the wants of the passing hour were supplied , however sparely , the enslaved ...
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... religion in Scotland , would suf- fer a fatal blow . By their forcible representations of the inevitable ruin which they alleged this al- liance would bring upon Scotland , converting it into a mere province of their ancient and invete ...
... religion in Scotland , would suf- fer a fatal blow . By their forcible representations of the inevitable ruin which they alleged this al- liance would bring upon Scotland , converting it into a mere province of their ancient and invete ...
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... religion and common morality . On the prelate's return to St Andrew's , Norman Lesly , a young man of strong passions , and eldest son to the Earl of Rothes , came to him to demand some favour , which the Cardinal thought proper to ...
... religion and common morality . On the prelate's return to St Andrew's , Norman Lesly , a young man of strong passions , and eldest son to the Earl of Rothes , came to him to demand some favour , which the Cardinal thought proper to ...
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... religion , and to secure the allegiance of the country to their niece , the young Queen , that a stronger hand , guided by a sounder head , should VOL . 1 . hold the reigns of the State . Upon their sister's QUEEN OF SCOTS . 25.
... religion , and to secure the allegiance of the country to their niece , the young Queen , that a stronger hand , guided by a sounder head , should VOL . 1 . hold the reigns of the State . Upon their sister's QUEEN OF SCOTS . 25.
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications Constable and co, ltd Vista completa - 1831 |
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Página 153 - She repented nothing but, when the Lords and others, at Inverness, came in the morning from the watches, that she was not a man to know what life it was to lie all night in the fields, or to walk upon the causeway with a jack and a knapsack, a Glasgow buckler, and a broadsword.
Página 168 - Why should the pleasing face of a gentlewoman affray me ? I have looked in the faces of many angry men, and yet have not been afraid above measure.
Página 137 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Página 111 - ... memory of man, that day of the year was never seen a more dolorous face of the heaven, than was at her arrival, which two days after did so continue: for, besides the...
Página 236 - God forbid that I should make so foul a shipwreck of my conscience, or leave so great a blot to my poor posterity, to shed blood without Law or Warrant...
Página 236 - I am so unhappy to have liven to see this unhappy day, in the which I am required, by direction from my most gracious Sovereign, to do an act which God and the law forbiddeth.
Página 291 - Bothwell for her husband, but avoweth constantly that she will live and die with him, and saith that if it were put to her choice to relinquish her crown and kingdom or the Lord Bothwell, she would leave her kingdom and dignity to go as a simple damsel with him, and that she will never consent that he shall fare worse or have more harm than herself.
Página 64 - Mary the utmost beauty of countenance and elegance of shape of which the human form is capable. Her hair was black, though, according to the fashion of that age, she frequently wore borrowed locks, and of different colours.
Página 190 - I know the truth of that, Madam," said I ; " you need not tell it me. Your Majesty thinks, if you were married, you would be but queen of England ; and now you are both king and queen. I know your spirit cannot endure a commander.
Página 249 - ... agreeable woman rather than an illustrious queen. The vivacity of her spirit, not sufficiently tempered with sound judgment, and the warmth of her heart, which was not at all times under the restraint of discretion, betrayed her both into errors and into crimes. To say that she was always unfortunate will not account for that long and almost uninterrupted succession of calamities which befel her; we must likewise add that she was often imprudent.