 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
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1834 - 580 pages
...the authority of the crown in the days of Elizabeth, " that the precious spark of liberty had heen kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone ;" and it was to this sect, he adds, " whose principles appeared so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that THE ENGLISH -o1*E... | |
 | John Pitman - 1836 - 88 pages
...the principle of liberty of conscience which * " 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 y> hole freedom... | |
 | James Grahame - 1836 - 486 pages
...and religious liberty in England. 2 It was a 1 " 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 1 In a speech from the throne, she informed the Commons (after a candid confession, that she knew nobody... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1837 - 704 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... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1837 - 778 pages
...So absolute (says lie) was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of lil>erty had lieen kindled, and was preserved, by the Puritans alone; and it was to this sect that the Knglish owe the whole freedom of their constitution f." While it is not asserted, that all the Puritans... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1839 - 432 pages
...monarchy, and who was sufficiently prejudiced against the Bible, was constrained to the confession, " that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone, and that it was to this sect the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." It has been common... | |
 | Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta - 1841 - 362 pages
...chains of imperial and ecclesiastical bondage ? * " 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... | |
 | Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta - 1841 - 374 pages
...chains of imperial and ecclesiastical bondage ? * " 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... | |
 | Stephen Collins - 1842 - 318 pages
...same men, Hume the historian, with all his decided impressions in favour of absolute monarchy, says, "The precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved, by the Puritans alone; and it is to this sect the French refugees. In the Netherlands there exists a portion of the French Reformed... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1850 - 678 pages
...Calvin and the Puritans applied them, " mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds."* * " The precious spark of liberty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone, and it is to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." — Hume. " By the Independent... | |
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