 | N. Capaldi, D. Livingston - Philosophy - 1990 - 246 pages
...of the populace in the Tudor age. In writing of Elizabeth's reign, he observes: So absolute, indeed, was the authority of the crown, that the precious...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution. (4.145-46) This statement reminds us that religious belief is, for Hume, a very powerful force in human... | |
 | John Christian Laursen - Philosophy - 1992 - 272 pages
...unpredictability, religious opinion had assisted at the birth of the English scheme of ordered liberty. The "precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and...English owe the whole freedom of their constitution" (H4:145-6). Opposition to royal power under Elizabeth and her predecessors failed to produce "that... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1834 - 580 pages
...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 OWE THE WHOLE FREEDOM OF THEIR CONSTITUTION." In our days, one of the most eloquent of our statesmen has vindicated from reproach these upholders... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Theology - 1826 - 634 pages
...Puritans in England, and that " it is to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous, and whose habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution." We shall take the compliment, and despise the reflection. The capital advantages derived from Christianity... | |
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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... 
