Quotes And Images From Motley's History of the Netherlands
Quotes And Images From Motley's History of the Netherlands
Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877
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Philip, who did not often say a greatdeal in a few words Picturesqueness of crime Placid unconsciousness on his part ofdefeat Plain enough that he is telling his ownstory Planted the inquisition in theNetherlands Played so long with other men'scharacters and good name Plea of infallibility and of authoritysoon becomes ridiculous Plundering the country which they cameto protect Poisoning, for example, was absolvedfor eleven ducats Pope excommunicated him as a heretic Pope and emperor maintain bo...thpositions with equal logic Portion of these revenues savoured muchof black-mail Possible to do, only because we seethat it has been done Pot-valiant hero Power the poison of which it is sodifficult to resist Power to read and write helped theclergy to much wealth Power grudged rather than given to thedeputies Practised successfully the talent ofsilence Pray here for satiety, (said Cecil)than ever think of variety Preferred an open enemy to atreacherous protector Premature zeal was prejudicial to thecause Presents of considerable sums of moneyto the negotiators made Presumption in entitling themselvesChristian Preventing wrong, or violence, eventowards an enemy Priests shall control the state or thestate govern the priests Princes show what they have in them attwenty-five or never Prisoners were immediately hanged Privileged to beg, because ashamed towork Proceeds of his permission to eat meaton Fridays Proclaiming the virginity of theVirgin's mother Procrastination was always his firstrefuge Progress should be by a spiral movement Promises which he knew to be bindingonly upon the weak Proposition made by the wolves to thesheep, in the fable Protect the common tranquillity byblood, purse, and life Provided not one Huguenot be left alivein France Public which must have a slainreputation to devour Purchased absolution for crime andsmoothed a pathway to heaven Puritanism in Holland was a verydifferent thing from England Put all those to the torture out ofwhom anything can be got Putting the cart before the oxen Queen is entirely in the hands of Spainand the priests Questioning nothing, doubting nothing, fearing nothing Quite mistaken: in supposing himselfthe Emperor's child Radical, one who would uproot, is a manwhose trade is dangerous Rarely able to command, having neverlearned to obey Rashness alternating with hesitation Rather a wilderness to reign over thana single heretic Readiness to strike and bleed at anymoment in her cause Readiness at any moment to defenddearly won liberties Rearing gorgeous temples where paupersare to kneel Reasonable to pay our debts rather thanto repudiate them Rebuked him for his obedience Rebuked the bigotry which had alreadygrown Recall of a foreign minister foralleged misconduct in office Reformer who becomes in his turn abigot is doubly odious Reformers were capable of giving alesson even to inquisitors Religion was made the strumpet ofPolitical Ambition Religion was rapidly ceasing to be theline of demarcation Religion was not to be changed like ashirt Religious toleration, which is a phraseof insult Religious persecution of Protestants byProtestants Repentance, as usual, had come manyhours too late Repentant males to be executed with thesword Repentant females to be buried alive Repose under one despot guaranteed tothem by two others Repose in the other world, "Reposailleurs" Republic, which lasted two centuries Republics are said to be ungrateful Repudiation of national debts was neverheard of before Requires less mention than Philip IIIhimself Resolve to maintain the civil authorityover the military Resolved thenceforth to adopt a systemof ignorance Respect for differences in religiousopinions Result was both to abandon theprovinces and to offend Philip Revocable benefices or feuds Rich enough to be worth robbing Righteous to kill their own children Road to Paris lay through the gates ofRome Rose superior to his doom and tookcaptivity captive Round game of deception, in whichnobody was deceived Royal plans should be enforcedadequately or abandoned entirely Ruinous honors Rules adopted in regard to pretendersto crowns Sacked and drowned ten infant princes Sacrificed by the Queen for faithfullyobeying her orders Safest citadel against an invader and atyrant is distrust Sages of every generation, read thefuture like a printed scroll Saint Bartholomew's day Sale of absolutions was the source oflarge fortunes to the priests Same conjury over ignorant baron andcowardly hind Scaffold was the sole refuge from therack Scepticism, which delights in reversingthe judgment of centuries Schism in the Church had become apublic fact Schism which existed in the generalReformed Church Science of reigning was the science oflying Scoffing at the ceremonies andsacraments of the Church Secret drowning was substituted forpublic burning Secure the prizes of war without thetroubles and dangers Security is dangerous Seeking protection for and against thepeople Seem as if born to make the idea ofroyalty ridiculous Seemed bent on self-destruction Seems but a change of masks, ofcostume, of phraseology Sees the past in the pitiless light ofthe present Self-assertion--the healthful but notengaging attribute Self-educated man, as he had been aself-taught boy Selling the privilege of eating eggsupon fast-days Senectus edam maorbus est Sent them word by carrier pigeons Sentiment of Christian self-complacency Sentimentality that seems highlyapocryphal Served at their banquets by hosts oflackeys on their knees Seven Spaniards were killed, and seventhousand rebels Sewers which have ever run beneathdecorous Christendom Shall Slavery die, or the greatRepublic?
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