Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... thing but reverential or edifying . Most of them affected a cynical contempt for all that was on- ly held sacred by human sanction - the church was to these men but a steeple - house , the clergyman , an ordinary person ; her ordinances ...
... thing but reverential or edifying . Most of them affected a cynical contempt for all that was on- ly held sacred by human sanction - the church was to these men but a steeple - house , the clergyman , an ordinary person ; her ordinances ...
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... things for the land as have never be- fore been heard of , to brawl and riot in the church , or to aid , abet , and comfort a profane fellow , who hath , upon a solemn thanksgiving , excluded the minister 12 WOODSTOCK .
... things for the land as have never be- fore been heard of , to brawl and riot in the church , or to aid , abet , and comfort a profane fellow , who hath , upon a solemn thanksgiving , excluded the minister 12 WOODSTOCK .
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... things to you , who claim no portion in our David , no interest in England's son of Jesse ! —You , who were fighting as well as your might could ( and it was not very formidable ) for the late Man , under that old blood - thirsty papist ...
... things to you , who claim no portion in our David , no interest in England's son of Jesse ! —You , who were fighting as well as your might could ( and it was not very formidable ) for the late Man , under that old blood - thirsty papist ...
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... things come we to controversy with you . And our name shall be a cannon - shot , be- fore which your Lodge , in the pleasantness whereof ye take pastime , shall be blown into ruins ; and we will be as a wedge to split asunder the King's ...
... things come we to controversy with you . And our name shall be a cannon - shot , be- fore which your Lodge , in the pleasantness whereof ye take pastime , shall be blown into ruins ; and we will be as a wedge to split asunder the King's ...
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... things . Inno- cent pleasures of what kind soever they held in sus- picion and contempt , and innocent mirth they abomi- nated . It was , however , a cast of mind that formed men for great and manly action , as it adopted princi- ple ...
... things . Inno- cent pleasures of what kind soever they held in sus- picion and contempt , and innocent mirth they abomi- nated . It was , however , a cast of mind that formed men for great and manly action , as it adopted princi- ple ...
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Page 106 - ... speaker that ever perplexed an audience. It has been long since said by the historian that a collection of the Protector's speeches would make, with a few exceptions, the most nonsensical book in the world; but he ought to have added that nothing could be more nervous, concise, and intelligible than what he really intended should be understood. It was also remarked of Cromwell that, though born of a good family, both by father and mother, and although he had the usual opportunities of education...