 ... the short intervals of domestic sedition and rebellion, made the name of England terrible to every nation on the face of the earth, were no vulgar fanatics. Most of their absurdities were mere external badges, like the signs of freemasonry, or the...  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems - Page 184by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 2469 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...external badges, like the signs of freemasonry, or the dresses of friars. We regret that these badges were not more attractive. We regret that a body, to...which distinguished some of the adherents of Charles I., or the easy good-breeding for which the court of Charles II. was celebrated. But, if we must make... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...external badges, like the signs of freemasonry, or the dresses of friars. We regret that these badges were not more attractive. We regret that a body, to...which distinguished some of the adherents of Charles I., or the easy goodbreeding for which the court of Charles II. was celebrated. But, if we must make... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...external badges, like the signs of freemasonry, or the dresses of friars. We regret that these badges were not more attractive. We regret that a body, to...inestimable obligations, had not the lofty elegance which distinguishe d some of the adherents of Charles I., or the easy good breeding for which the court of... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1840 - 644 pages
...external badges, like the signs of free-masonry, or the dresses of friars. We regret that these badges were not more attractive. We regret that a body, to whose courage and talents mankind has owned inestimable obligations, had not the lofty elegance which distinguished some of the adherents... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...distinguished some of the adherents of Charles I., or the easy good-breeding for which the court of Charles II. was celebrated. But, if we must make our choice, we...like Bassanio in the play, turn from the specious caskets, which * Gerusalemme Liberala, xv. 57. contain only the Death's head and the Fool's head, and... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...external badges, like Xhe signs of freemasonry or the dresses of friars. We regret that these badges were not more attractive. We regret that a body, to...mankind has owed inestimable obligations, had not the lofly elegance which distinguished some ol the adherents of Charles 1., or the easy goodbreeding for... | |
 | John Stoughton - Windsor (Berkshire, England) History - 1844 - 266 pages
...regret that these badges were not more attractive — we regret that a body to whose courage and talent mankind has owed inestimable obligations, had not...which distinguished some of the adherents of Charles I., or the easy good breeding for which the court of Charles II. was celebrated They were men whose... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...external badges, like the signs of freemasonry or the dresses of friars. We regret that these badges were not more attractive. We regret that a body, to...which distinguished some of the adherents of Charles I., or the easy good breeding for which the court of Charles II. was celebrated. But, if we must make... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...external badges, like the signs of free-masonry, or the dresses of friars. We regret that these badges were not more attractive. We regret that a body, to...the lofty elegance which distinguished some of the * Gerusalemme Liberate, xv. 57. adherents of Charles I., or the easy good-breeding for which the court... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...not hesitate to pronounce them a brave, a wise, an honest, and a useful body. We regret that they, to whose courage and talents mankind has owed inestimable...which distinguished some of the adherents of Charles I., or the easy good breeding for which the court of Charles II was celebrated. But, if we must make... | |
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