...last restraint of the powerful, and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of Christianity shows, that she is in far greater danger of being...Author. They bow the knee, and spit upon her; they cry "Haill" and smite her on the cheek; they put a sceptre in her hand, but it is a fragile reed ; they...

...is part and parcel of the common law. The whole history of the Christian religion shows that it fs in far greater danger of being corrupted by the alliance...of power, than of being crushed by its opposition." The Kcv. R. ASIITON, on behalf of the Committee, presented lo the Chairman copies of the two editions...

...restraint of the powerful, and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of the Christian religion ound of the Interpreter's Garden. Yet even these passages,...critics, we fecl|that we could ill spare. We feel npon her ; they cry Hail ! and smite her on the cheek ; they put a sceptre into her hand, but it is...

...eloquence by a prominent English liberal statesman, that " the whole history of the Christian religion shows, that she is in far greater danger of being...their prototypes treated her author. They bow the kne*-, and spit upon her ; they cry hail ! and smite her on the cheek; they put a sceptre into her...

...restraint of the powerful, and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of the Christian religion shows, that she is in far greater danger of being...They bow the knee, and spit upon her ; they cry Hail I and smite her on the check ; they put a sceptre into her hand, but it is a fragile reed ; they crown...

...then, that would force temporal policy upon such a religion, treat her as the Romans did her Divine Author; they bow the knee, and spit upon her, —...cheek, — they put a sceptre into her hand, but it ia a fragile reed, — they crown her, but it is with thorns,— they cover with purple the wounds...

...last restraint of the powerful and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of Christianity shows, that she is in far greater danger of being...by the alliance of power, than of being crushed by ts opposition." — Macauluy's Essays, pp. 254-255, vol. i. had always cordially desired that the same...

...wretched. | The whole history of the Christian religion shows, that she is in far greater danger af Memoirs," again, Walpole sneers at the Prince of Wales,...the Third, for presenting a collection of books to ner treat her as their prototypes treated her author. They bow the knee, and spit upon her ; they cry...

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...There is not a little truth in the words of Macaulay : " The whole history of the Christian religion shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...cry, hail ! and smite her on the cheek ; they put a scepter into her hands, but it is a fragile reed ; they crown her, but it is with thorns ; they cover...