 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
 | Marcius Willson - 1847 - 680 pages
...remarked by Hume, that i: so absolute indeed was the authority of the crown during the reign of Elizabeth, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone ;" and that " it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Again Plume... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1847 - 732 pages
...remarked hy Hume, that "so absolute indeed was the authority of the crown during the reign of Elizabeth, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puriUns alone -' and that " it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution:'... | |
 | David Hume - 1848 - 588 pages
...historian, . has taken any notice of them. So absolute, indeed, was 1571. 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... | |
 | 1848 - 786 pages
...and through the triumph of their principles, the British Constitution became firmly established. " The precious spark of liberty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone," says the great English historian to whom we have already referred— a historian who has been justly... | |
 | 1848 - 792 pages
...and through the triumph of their principles, the British Constitution became firmly established. " The precious spark of liberty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone," says the great English historian to whom we have already referred — a historian who has been justly... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...and through the triumph of their principles, the British Constitution became firmly established. " The precious spark of liberty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans alone," says the great English historian to whom we have already referred — a historian who has been justly... | |
 | Joseph Alden - 1849 - 188 pages
...iv. , . . A • t '•'•>§ ANECDOTES THE PTJBITANS " So absolute was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled...it was to this sect that the English owe the WHOLE KHKI-WIM or TBIIK COXSTITDTIOS."— Hum. I oC i P> A ; i NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY MW DODD, IRICS CHURCH... | |
 | 1850 - 424 pages
...prerogatives. In reference to that period, Hume remarks : " 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." The spark which had then been kindled, burned with constantly increasing ardor in the breasts of the... | |
 | George Freeland Barbour (the elder.) - 1850 - 108 pages
...enlisted in their favour, says of them, at that time, "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... | |
 | William Peter Strickland - 1850 - 510 pages
...nobly contended for the faith ; and Hume himself, who always bore to them a special dislike, has said, "The precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the Puritans alone." They came to this land to make it the land of the Bible and of freedom — to worship God as revelation... | |
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