...euiogiuni that his pen could well dictate : " So absolute (says he) was the authority of the erown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled and...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution *." — It Blight have been concluded that this oppressed people would have experienced greater lenity,...

...dictate : " So absolute (says he) was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of lilierty had been kindled and was preserved by the Puritans...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution *."— It might have been concluded that this oppressed people would have experienced greater lenity,...

...declares, that "the precious spark of liberty," not religious liberty, but " liberty" in general, " had been kindled, and was preserved by the Puritans...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." Did Mr. Brook then really mean the present volume to be an implied panegyric on the whole genus, of...

...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, and...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...

...opinions or characters, answer. — " The precious spark of " liherty was preserved hy the puri" tans alone, and it was to this sect, " that the English owe the, whole "freedom of their constitution." The author of the " Notes," with his usual violation of truth, charges the whole hody of the dissenters...

...of the clergy, and ° So absolute was tlie authority of the crown (in the reign of the Tudors) that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone. And to this sect the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution. Hume's History of England. by...

...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, and...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...

...observes when speaking of Ule conduct of Elizabeth, " so absolute was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and...preserved by the Puritans alone, and it was to this Ktt, whose principles appear so frivolous, rod habits so ridiculous, that the English o« the whole...

...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, and was preserved by the puritants alone j and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous,...

...bestowed upon them the highest eulogium. " 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.^ It is granted that they had not all equally clear views of our civil and religious rights. Many of...