Kings and Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth Century EnglandVintage Books, 1942 - 298 sivua Life in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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... Church- men , were tolerant of Dissenters and opposed to any union of Church and State . The Tories , for the most part , were High - Church people , very fervent , very bigoted , and equally ready to howl down popery and dissent . When ...
... Church- men , were tolerant of Dissenters and opposed to any union of Church and State . The Tories , for the most part , were High - Church people , very fervent , very bigoted , and equally ready to howl down popery and dissent . When ...
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... Church . In times past it had been the great merit of the aristocracy to maintain learning , and of the Church to up- hold morality ; then , though the universities might be ex- clusive , they conferred a real superiority on those whom ...
... Church . In times past it had been the great merit of the aristocracy to maintain learning , and of the Church to up- hold morality ; then , though the universities might be ex- clusive , they conferred a real superiority on those whom ...
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... Church . Men were everywhere becoming outright sceptics . The advance of natural science which began by discrediting witchcraft and astrology went on to undermine man's belief in the supernatural generally . Many if not most educated ...
... Church . Men were everywhere becoming outright sceptics . The advance of natural science which began by discrediting witchcraft and astrology went on to undermine man's belief in the supernatural generally . Many if not most educated ...
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