...somewhere says, "An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the Popish plot under Charles the Second ; an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641...Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, — must be considered as men beyond the reach of argument or reason, and must be left to their prejudices."...

...somewhere says, " An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the Popish plot under Charles the Second ; an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641...Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, — must be considered as men beyond the reach of argument or reason, and must be left to their prejudices."...

...somewhere says, " An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the Popish plot under Charles the Second ; an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641...Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, — must be considered as men beyond the reach of argument or reason, and must be left to their prejudices."...

...reason, " There are three events in our history which may be regarded as touchstones of party-men : an English Whig who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish catholic who denies the massacre of 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men...

...did not meet the charge or even attempt to prove the writings forgeries, but sought shelter behind general protestations, and endeavoured to change the...soever he might deal with historical evidence After enumerating the proofs adduced at the trial of Mary's accession to the assassination part of Babington's...

...sought shelter behind general protestations, and endeavoured to change inquiry into a negotiation, although distinctly warned that such a conduct of...soever he might deal with historical evidence. After enumerating the proofs adduced at the trial of Mary's accession to the assassination part of Babington's...

...did not meet the charge or even attempt to prove the writings forgeries, but sought shelter behind general protestations, and endeavoured to change the...error into which this justly celebrated historian has failen, and which shows that he knew very little of what legal evidence is, how expertly soever he...

...Hume has remarked, " three events in our history, which may be regarded as touchstones of party-men. An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre of 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men...

...sought shelter behind general protestations, and endeavoured to change inquiry into a negotiation, although distinctly warned that such a conduct of...the Popish plot ; an Irish Catholic, who denies the massac/e in 1641 ; and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary. It is, however,...

...cheap edition of his " Characters of British Statesmen," has repeated and adopted Hume's assertion, that " there are three descriptions of men who must...Popish Plot, an Irish Catholic who denies the massacre of 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite who maintains the innocence of Mary Queen of Scotland." It is surprising...