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... civil war , indeed , stupid and ferocious intolerance . This , how has been more discussed , and is less under - ever , we waive . We will concede that Charles stood , than any event in English history . The Roundheads laboured under ...
... civil war , indeed , stupid and ferocious intolerance . This , how has been more discussed , and is less under - ever , we waive . We will concede that Charles stood , than any event in English history . The Roundheads laboured under ...
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... civil war . They were the price of our liberty . Has the acquisition been worth the sacrifice ? It is the nature of the devil of tyranny to tear and rend the body which he leaves . Are the miseries of continued possession less horrible ...
... civil war . They were the price of our liberty . Has the acquisition been worth the sacrifice ? It is the nature of the devil of tyranny to tear and rend the body which he leaves . Are the miseries of continued possession less horrible ...
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... civil and military affairs a coolness of judg ment and an immutability of purpose which their religious zeal , but which were in fact the some writers have thought inconsistent with necessary effects of it . The intensity of their ...
... civil and military affairs a coolness of judg ment and an immutability of purpose which their religious zeal , but which were in fact the some writers have thought inconsistent with necessary effects of it . The intensity of their ...
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... civil iberty , mainly because it was the cause of re- igion . There was another party , by no means aumerous , but distinguished by learning and ability , which co - operated with them on very different principles . We speak of those ...
... civil iberty , mainly because it was the cause of re- igion . There was another party , by no means aumerous , but distinguished by learning and ability , which co - operated with them on very different principles . We speak of those ...
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... civil tumult . sal , at a time when it was almost unknown in other countries . The political consequences are too well known . The richest and most enlightened part of the world was left undefended , to the assaults of every barbarous ...
... civil tumult . sal , at a time when it was almost unknown in other countries . The political consequences are too well known . The richest and most enlightened part of the world was left undefended , to the assaults of every barbarous ...
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