Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Volume 1J. Murray, 1829 - 849 pages "His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition of his mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library" -ODNB. |
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Page ix
... king's ransom have detain'd thee here , .. Bent , like the antique sculptor's limbless trunk , By chronic pain , yet with thine eye unquench'd , The ear undimm'd , the mind retentive still , The heart unchanged , the intellectual lamp ...
... king's ransom have detain'd thee here , .. Bent , like the antique sculptor's limbless trunk , By chronic pain , yet with thine eye unquench'd , The ear undimm'd , the mind retentive still , The heart unchanged , the intellectual lamp ...
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... king upon the throne . And now what test do you require ? MONTESINOS . I can detect no smell of brimstone ; and the candle burns as it did before , without the slightest tinge of blue in its flame . You look , indeed , like a spirit of ...
... king upon the throne . And now what test do you require ? MONTESINOS . I can detect no smell of brimstone ; and the candle burns as it did before , without the slightest tinge of blue in its flame . You look , indeed , like a spirit of ...
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... pursued the same course of conduct . In the other king- doms the character ceased with the necessity for it . Crimes enough were committed by suc- ceeding sovereigns , but they were no longer the acts OF THE WORLD . 25.
... pursued the same course of conduct . In the other king- doms the character ceased with the necessity for it . Crimes enough were committed by suc- ceeding sovereigns , but they were no longer the acts OF THE WORLD . 25.
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... king . SIR THOMAS MORE . That prophecy speaks the wishes of the man , whoever he may have been , by whom it was invented : and you who talk of the progress of knowledge , and the improvement of society , and upon that improvement build ...
... king . SIR THOMAS MORE . That prophecy speaks the wishes of the man , whoever he may have been , by whom it was invented : and you who talk of the progress of knowledge , and the improvement of society , and upon that improvement build ...
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... king- dom may come , .. with those principles slavery is inconsistent , and therefore not to be tolerated , even in speculation . MONTESINOS . Yet its fitness , as a commutation for other punishments , is admitted by Michaelis ...
... king- dom may come , .. with those principles slavery is inconsistent , and therefore not to be tolerated , even in speculation . MONTESINOS . Yet its fitness , as a commutation for other punishments , is admitted by Michaelis ...
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