 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
 | 1814 - 606 pages
...speaking of the arbitrary, spirit of those times, says, ' So absolute was the authority of the crown, *het the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by i fie 1'iiritiois alvuc ; and it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution!'... | |
 | Henry Richard - 1885 - 168 pages
...So absolute was the authority of the crown," says Hume, in reference to the time of the Stuarts, " that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Mr. Lecky says, "It is difficult, indeed, to overrate the debt of gratitude that England owes both... | |
 | Henry Richard - 1885 - 168 pages
..." So absolute was the authority of the crown, "says Hume, in reference to the time.of the Stuarts, "that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution. " Mr. Lecky says, " It is difficult, indeed, to overrate the debt of gratitude that England owes both... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1888 - 658 pages
...depositaries of the sacred fire of liberty." " So absolute was the authority of the crown," said Hume, " that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." The lines of the contending parties were sharply drawn. Immediate success was obtained by the established... | |
 | 1888 - 528 pages
...compelled to pay them the following glorious tribute : "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 the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." The whole freedom of the English constitution... | |
 | Douglas Campbell - 1892 - 592 pages
...attracted not the least attention from contemporaneous writers, Hume remarks : "So absolute, indeed, was the authority of the erown that the precious spark...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... | |
 | Douglas Campbell - 1892 - 574 pages
...attention from contemporaneous writers, Hume remarks: "So absolute, indeed, 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... | |
 | Douglas Campbell - 1892 - 578 pages
...from contemporaneous writers, Hume remarks: "So absolute, indeed, was the authority of the crown tluct the precious spark of liberty had been kindled and...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... | |
 | William Hume Elliot - 1893 - 476 pages
...one will suspect of Puritanic proclivities, says — " 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." We stand on the old lines — the imperishable principles of Puritan and apostolic times; those principles... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1895 - 652 pages
...depositaries of the sacred fire of liberty." " So absolute was the authority of the crown," said Hume, " that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." The lines of the contending parties were sharply drawn. Immediate success was obtained by the established... | |
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