 So absolute indeed was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone ; and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that the English...  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 4521797Full view - About this book
 | 1815 - 670 pages
...liberty arose and advanced together*.' ' So absolute,' he observes, ' was the authority of the crown, that the precious ' spark of liberty had been kindled,...was preserved by ' the Puritans alone ; and it was (is) to this sect that the English ' owe the whole freedom of their constitution !f Mr. Brook, in the... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1815 - 702 pages
...liberty arose and advanced together*.' ' So absolute,' be observes, ' was the authority of the crown, that the precious ' spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by ' the Puritans alone ; audit was (is) to this sect that the English ' owe the whole freedom of their constitution !f Mr.... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1816 - 586 pages
...highest enlogium his pen could well dictate, " So absolute," says he, " was the authority of the crown, ' that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled,...sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their con»' stitution."J While it is not asserted, that all the puritans acted upon such enlarged views... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1816 - 586 pages
...eulogium his pen could well dictate. " So absolute," says he, « was the authority of the crown, * that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled,...sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their con? < stitution."t "While it is not asserted, that all the puritans acted upon such enlarged views... | |
 | 1816 - 926 pages
...precious spark of liberty," not religious liberty, but " liberty" in general, " had been kindled, and war preserved by the Puritans alone; and it was to this...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Did Mr. Brook then really mean the present volume to be an implied panegyric on the whole genus, of... | |
 | 1818 - 174 pages
...spite of their faults entitle them to be ranked among the rifst benefactors of their country*. * " The precious spark of liberty had been kindled and...preserved by the Puritans alone : and it was to this sect, whose principle?. appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom... | |
 | John Evans - 1819 - 444 pages
...speaking of the oppressive dynasty of the Stuarts — " So absolute was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled,...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution \" After this asseveration, biographical particulars of such characters must be acceptable. It may... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 378 pages
...observes, when speaking of the conduct of Elizabeth, " so absolute was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled,...preserved by the Puritans alone, and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous, and habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - 1820 - 332 pages
...other respects, says,* " So absolute was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of llberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the Puritans...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Higher praise, and this too from an enemy to their religion, could hardly be bestowed on the Puritans.... | |
 | Henry Card - 1820 - 264 pages
...received the thanks of the Parliament. To be sure Mr. Hume says in his History of England, chap. XL. " that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled,...preserved by the Puritans alone ; and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous, and whose habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole... | |
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