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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... feeling which seemed to affect the whole cur- rent of active life ; and that for several days there prevailed in the streets a stillness like that of the Sabbath , but without its repose . opened the newspaper ; it was still bordered ...
... feeling which seemed to affect the whole cur- rent of active life ; and that for several days there prevailed in the streets a stillness like that of the Sabbath , but without its repose . opened the newspaper ; it was still bordered ...
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... feeling , a Christian ; life would be intoler- able to me if I were not so . But , says Saint- Evremont , " the most devout cannot always command their belief , nor the most impious their incredulity . " I acknowledge with Sir Thomas ...
... feeling , a Christian ; life would be intoler- able to me if I were not so . But , says Saint- Evremont , " the most devout cannot always command their belief , nor the most impious their incredulity . " I acknowledge with Sir Thomas ...
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... feeling of fear and veneration kept me silent , till I perceived by his look that he expected and encouraged me to speak : and col- lecting my spirits as well as I could , I asked him wherefore he had thought proper to ap- pear , and ...
... feeling of fear and veneration kept me silent , till I perceived by his look that he expected and encouraged me to speak : and col- lecting my spirits as well as I could , I asked him wherefore he had thought proper to ap- pear , and ...
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... feeling different in kind and inferior in degree , look with apprehension upon the perils of our country . sub pectore forti Vivit adhuc patriæ pietas ; stimulatque sepultum Libertatis amor : pondus mortale necari Si potuit , veteres ...
... feeling different in kind and inferior in degree , look with apprehension upon the perils of our country . sub pectore forti Vivit adhuc patriæ pietas ; stimulatque sepultum Libertatis amor : pondus mortale necari Si potuit , veteres ...
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... feeling , which , however often it may be re- peated , loses nothing of its force . The circle is of the rudest kind , consisting of single stones , unhewn and chosen without any regard to shape or magnitude , being of all sizes 40 THE ...
... feeling , which , however often it may be re- peated , loses nothing of its force . The circle is of the rudest kind , consisting of single stones , unhewn and chosen without any regard to shape or magnitude , being of all sizes 40 THE ...
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