 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
 | James Sabine - 1820 - 656 pages
...Of the fathers of these, and similar ehurehes, HUME speaks in the following terms .- " the preeious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the PURITANS ALONE; and it was to this seet that the English owe the whole freedom of their eonstitution." To this body of Christians too... | |
 | 1834 - 580 pages
...constrained to acknowledge, when speaking of the authority of the crown in the days of Elizabeth, " that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled...by the Puritans alone ;" and it was to this sect, he adds, " whose principles appeared so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that THE ENGLISH OWE THE... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 376 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... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1822 - 532 pages
...highest 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,...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution. "f While it is not asserted, that all the Puritans acted upon such enlarged views of things ; while... | |
 | 1824 - 744 pages
...confers upon them the highest eulogium. " So absolute," he remarks, " was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled,...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Among this noble race of men the name of Thos. Lever deserves honourable mention. He was born of respectable... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 438 pages
...any other historian, has taken any notice of them. 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... | |
 | John Kentish - 1829 - 36 pages
...p. 14. Mr. Hume goes still further. In a passage frequently quoted (Hist. of Eng. Ann. 1571) he says that " the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved, by the puritans alone," and that " to this sect the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." The statement is substantially... | |
 | 1836 - 708 pages
...testimony of Hume. (Hist. Eng. vol. v. pp. 1tS3, 460.) " So absolute indeed was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans ; and it was to this sect whose principles appear so frivolous, and habits so ridiculous, that the... | |
 | Convers Francis - 1830 - 164 pages
...the case in a memorable acknowledgment ; " So absolute," says he, " was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled,...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." f But the Puritan character is too wide and fruitful a topic for this place. Its essential elements... | |
 | Richard Hooker - 1830 - 550 pages
...says Hume, and it cannot be too often repeated,—" So absolute indeed was the Authority of the Crown, that the precious spark of Liberty had been kindled,...English owe the whole freedom of their Constitution." f The interview between Aylmer, Bancroft, and others, having terminated in Cartwright being remanded... | |
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