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 iv
... honoured , and Erasmus loved . Such he was ere heart - hardening bigotry Obscured his spirit , made him with himself Discordant , and , contracting then his brow , With sour defeature marr'd his countenance . What he was , in his best ...
... honoured , and Erasmus loved . Such he was ere heart - hardening bigotry Obscured his spirit , made him with himself Discordant , and , contracting then his brow , With sour defeature marr'd his countenance . What he was , in his best ...
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... honour one day to be held Where old Lisboa from her hills o'erlooks Expanded Tagus , with its populous shores And pine woods , to Palmella's crested height : Nor there alone ; but in those rising realms Where now the offsets of the ...
... honour one day to be held Where old Lisboa from her hills o'erlooks Expanded Tagus , with its populous shores And pine woods , to Palmella's crested height : Nor there alone ; but in those rising realms Where now the offsets of the ...
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... honour and of justice , that any authority however futile is sufficient for them , when the purpose of detraction is to be served by it . But these ardent wishes , " and the energy of language in which Mr. Shannon pretends to remember ...
... honour and of justice , that any authority however futile is sufficient for them , when the purpose of detraction is to be served by it . But these ardent wishes , " and the energy of language in which Mr. Shannon pretends to remember ...
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... honour . Fisher and I have the purple collar , as Friar Forrest and Cranmer have the robe of fire . A mingled feeling of fear and veneration kept me silent , till I perceived by his look that he expected and encouraged me to speak : and ...
... honour . Fisher and I have the purple collar , as Friar Forrest and Cranmer have the robe of fire . A mingled feeling of fear and veneration kept me silent , till I perceived by his look that he expected and encouraged me to speak : and ...
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... honour . He seems , however , to have been a faithful reporter , and has done as well as his capacity permitted . I observe that he gives you credit for " a deep foresight and judgement of the times , " and for speaking in a prophetic ...
... honour . He seems , however , to have been a faithful reporter , and has done as well as his capacity permitted . I observe that he gives you credit for " a deep foresight and judgement of the times , " and for speaking in a prophetic ...
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