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Pagina 5
... England being an age of des- tructive analysis , its energies were chiefly devoted to political , social , and literary reconstruction . Whatever revolution in faith and manners the English nation had undergone had been the work of the ...
... England being an age of des- tructive analysis , its energies were chiefly devoted to political , social , and literary reconstruction . Whatever revolution in faith and manners the English nation had undergone had been the work of the ...
Pagina 6
... England had been so transformed by the Wars of the Roses , the Reformation , the Rebellion , and the Revolution , that its ancient outlines were barely visible . In so far , therefore , as his words seem to imply that the social ...
... England had been so transformed by the Wars of the Roses , the Reformation , the Rebellion , and the Revolution , that its ancient outlines were barely visible . In so far , therefore , as his words seem to imply that the social ...
Pagina 12
... England . " 1 While opinions , which from different sides struck at the very roots of society , prevailed both in the fashion- able and religious portions of the community , it was inevitable that Taste should be hopelessly corrupt ...
... England . " 1 While opinions , which from different sides struck at the very roots of society , prevailed both in the fashion- able and religious portions of the community , it was inevitable that Taste should be hopelessly corrupt ...
Pagina 22
... England , his post was bestowed upon another , and he would have been left without resources , had not one of his friends pre- sented him with the living of Milston , valued at £ 120 a year . With the courage of his order he thereupon ...
... England , his post was bestowed upon another , and he would have been left without resources , had not one of his friends pre- sented him with the living of Milston , valued at £ 120 a year . With the courage of his order he thereupon ...
Pagina 24
... England . " Puffed up with their successes , they forgot their obedience , and these saints denied the king the fifth part of their spoils . . . By which it appeared that they took up arms , not out of love for their country and zeal ...
... England . " Puffed up with their successes , they forgot their obedience , and these saints denied the king the fifth part of their spoils . . . By which it appeared that they took up arms , not out of love for their country and zeal ...
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