... imaginary, till they had lost all scruples of conscience, hesitated at no means of procuring redress. But it would be unjust to hold up such persons as representatives of the whole body of Catholics. Among the conspirators themselves there were redeeming... Guy Fawkes; or, The gunpowder treason - Page 45by William Harrison Ainsworth - 1841 - 524 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1840 - 758 pages
...families not less remarkable for their zeal for their religion than, as has before been observed, for loyalty : — a loyalty afterwards approved in the...he accomplished his (as he conceived) holy design. In considering the causes which produced the conspiracy about to be related, and in separating the... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - English literature - 1840 - 722 pages
...— when the scaffold reeked with their blood, and the stake smoked with their ashes, — when Iheir quarters were blackening on the gates and market-crosses...he accomplished his (as he conceived) holy design. In considering the causes which produced the conspiracy about to be related, and in separating the... | |
| 1840 - 756 pages
...conspirators themselves there were redeeming shades. All were not actuated by the same atro. cious motives. Mixed feelings induced Catesby to adopt the...he accomplished his (as he conceived) holy design. In considering the causes which produced the conspiracy about to be related, and in separating the... | |
| 1841 - 456 pages
...lawful powers in their severity were prayers and tears.' " Among the popish party of that period, as in our own time, were ranked many of the oldest and most...he accomplished his (as he conceived) holy design." The admission of Catesby to Ordsall Hall, his interview with Viviana, the flight of Humphrey Chetham,... | |
| William Harrison Ainsworth - Great Britain - 1878 - 442 pages
...of conscience, hesitated at no means of procuring redress. But jt would be unjust to hold up sucli persons as representatives of the whole body of Catholics....he accomplished his (as he conceived) holy design. In considering the causes which produced the conspiracy about to be related, and in separating the... | |
| William Harrison Ainsworth - 1909 - 288 pages
...seasons, as in the season under consideration, they remained constant in their fidelity to the crown. there were redeeming shades. All were not actuated...he accomplished his (as he conceived) holy design. In considering the causes which produced the conspiracy about to be related, and in separating the... | |
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