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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany - Page 262
1849
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 476 pages
...Kings and of their ministers. His temper and his understanding eminently fitted him to act as mediator. Saintly in his professions, unscrupulous in his dealings, zealous for nothing, bold hi speculation, a coward and a timeserver in action, a placable enemy and a lukewarm friend, he was...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete: History of England

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 692 pages
...Kings and of their ministers. His temper and his understanding eminently fitted him to act as mediator. Saintly in his professions, unscrupulous in his dealings,...this day the constitution, the doctrines, and the ser- Her ] vices of the Church, retain the visible marks of the compromise from which she sprang. She...
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The Book of Authors: A Collection of Criticisms, Ana, Môts, Personal ...

William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pages
...and of their ministers. His temper and his understanding eminently fitted him to act as a mediator. Saintly in his professions, unscrupulous in his dealings,...between the religious and the worldly enemies of Popery. — Macaulay'f "History of England." He was undoubtedly a man of merit, possessed of learning and capacity,...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1877 - 738 pages
...Kings and of their ministers. His temper and his understanding eminently fitted him to act as mediator. Saintly in his professions, unscrupulous in his dealings,...between the religious and the worldly enemies of Popery. Her pe- To this day the constitution, the doctrines, and the 0 "" services of the Church, retain the...
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The History of England from the Accession of James II.

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1879 - 626 pages
...professions, unscrupulous in his dealings, zealous for nothing, bold in speculation, a coward and a timcserver in action, a placable enemy and a lukewarm friend,...constitution, the doctrines, and the services of the Clmrch, retain the visible marks of the compromise Her peculiar from which she sprang. She occupies...
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Historical Portraits of the Tudor Dynasty and the Reformation Period, Volume 2

S. Hubert Burke - 1880 - 568 pages
...Kings and their Ministers. His temper and his understanding eminently fitted him to act as mediator. Saintly in his professions ; unscrupulous in his dealings; zealous for nothing; bold in speculations; a coward and a time-server in action ; a placable enemy and a lukewarm friend, he was...
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A Manual of English Prose Literature..

William Minto - 1881 - 596 pages
...relatively to other Churches, and enlivens the comparison with the names of representative men : — "To this day the constitution, the doctrines, and...visible marks of the compromise from which she sprang. She occupies a middle position between the Churches of Rome and Geneva. Her doctrinal confessions and...
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A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ...

William Minto - 1881 - 592 pages
...the names of representative men : — "To this day the constitution, the doctrines, and the sen-ices of the Church, retain the visible marks of the compromise from which she sprang. She occupies a middle position between the Churches of Rome and Geneva. Her doctrinal confessions and...
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The Pulpit record and Mutual improvement society, Parliamentary debating ...

1883 - 666 pages
...for the reply o{ his ecclesiastical superiors — Archbishop Cranmer. Macanlay characterises him as "Saintly in his professions, unscrupulous in his dealings, zealous for nothing, bold in spsculation, a coward and timeserver in action, a placable enemy and a luke-warm friend, he was in...
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Magazine of Western History, Volume 14

1891 - 800 pages
...trunk." We protest. The history of that church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. To this day the constitution, the doctrines and the services of the Protestant Episcopal church retain the visible marks of the compromise from which she sprang. Her name...
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