LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1609-10 by Motley[#86][jm86v10.txt]4886
Abstinence from inquisition into consciences and private parlourAllowed the demon of religious hatred to enter into its bodyBehead, torture, burn alive, and bury alive all hereticsChristian sympathy and a small assistance not being sufficientContained within itself the germs of a larger libertyCould not be both judge and party in the suitCovered now with the satirical dust of centuriesDeadly hatred of Puritans in England and HollandDoctrine of predestination in its sternest and strictest senseEmperor of Japan addressed him as his brother monarchEstimating his character and judging his judgesEverybody should mind his own businessHe was a sincere bigotImpatience is often on the part of the non-combatantsIntense bigotry of convictionInternational friendship, the self-interest of eachIt was the true religion, and there was none otherJames of England, who admired, envied, and hated HenryJealousy, that potent principleLanguage which is ever living because it is deadMore fiercely opposed to each other than to PapistsNone but God to compel me to say more than I choose to sayPower the poison of which it is so difficult to resistPresents of considerable sums of money to the negotiators madePrinces show what they have in them at twenty-five or neverPutting the cart before the oxenReligious toleration, which is a phrase of insultSecure the prizes of war without the troubles and dangersSenectus edam maorbus estSo much in advance of his time as to favor religious equalityThe Catholic League and the Protestant UnionThe truth in shortest about matters of importanceThe vehicle is often prized more than the freightThere was but one king in Europe, Henry the BearneseThere was no use in holding language of authority to himThirty Years' War tread on the heels of the forty yearsUnimaginable outrage as the most legitimate industryWish to appear learned in matters of which they are ignorant
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1610 by Motley[#87][jm87v10.txt]4887
He who spreads the snare always tumbles into the ditch himselfMost detestable verses that even he had ever composedShe declined to be his procuress
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1610 by Motley[#88][jm88v10.txt]4888
And now the knife of another priest-led fanaticAs with his own people, keeping no back-door openAt a blow decapitated FranceConclusive victory for the allies seemed as predestinedEpernon, the true murderer of HenryFather Cotton, who was only too ready to betray the secretsGreat war of religion and politics was postponedJesuit Mariana—justifying the killing of excommunicated kingsNo man pretended to think of the StatePractised successfully the talent of silenceQueen is entirely in the hands of Spain and the priestsReligion was made the strumpet of Political AmbitionSmooth words, in the plentiful lack of any substantialStroke of a broken table knife sharpened on a carriage wheelThe assassin, tortured and torn by four horsesThey have killed him, 'e ammazato,' cried ConciniThings he could tell which are too odious and dreadfulUncouple the dogs and let them runVows of an eternal friendship of several weeks' durationWhat could save the House of Austria, the cause of PapacyWrath of the Jesuits at this exercise of legal authority
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1610-12 by Motley[#89][jm89v10.txt]4889
Advanced orthodox party—(Puritans)Atheist, a tyrant, because he resisted dictation from the clergyGive him advice if he asked it, and money when he requiredHe was not imperial of aspect on canvas or coinHe who would have all may easily lose allKing's definite and final intentions, varied from day to dayNeither kings nor governments are apt to value logicOutdoing himself in dogmatism and inconsistencySmall matter which human folly had dilated into a great oneThe defence of the civil authority against the priesthood
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1609-14 by Motley[#90][jm90v10.txt]4890
Aristocracy of God's electDetermined to bring the very name of liberty into contemptDisputing the eternal damnation of young childrenFate, free will, or absolute foreknowledgeLouis XIII.No man can be neutral in civil contentionsNo synod had a right to claim Netherlanders as slavesPhilip IV.Priests shall control the state or the state govern the priestsSchism in the Church had become a public factThat cynical commerce in human livesThe voice of slanderersTheological hatred was in full blaze throughout the countryTheology and politics were oneTo look down upon their inferior and lost fellow creaturesWhether dead infants were hopelessly damnedWhether repentance could effect salvationWhose mutual hatred was now artfully inflamed by partisansWork of the aforesaid Puritans and a few Jesuits
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1613-15 by Motley[#91][jm91v10.txt]4891
Almost infinite power of the meanest of passionsLudicrous gravitySafest citadel against an invader and a tyrant is distrustTheir own roofs were not quite yet in a blazeTherefore now denounced the man whom he had injured
ENTIRE 1609-15 JOHN OF BARNEVELD, by Motley[#92][jm92v10.txt]4892
Abstinence from inquisition into consciences and private parlourAdvanced orthodox party-PuritansAllowed the demon of religious hatred to enter into its bodyAlmost infinite power of the meanest of passionsAnd now the knife of another priest-led fanaticAristocracy of God's electAs with his own people, keeping no back-door openAt a blow decapitated FranceAtheist, a tyrant, because he resisted dictation from the clergyBehead, torture, burn alive, and bury alive all hereticsChristian sympathy and a small assistance not being sufficientConclusive victory for the allies seemed as predestinedContained within itself the germs of a larger libertyCould not be both judge and party in the suitCovered now with the satirical dust of centuriesDeadly hatred of Puritans in England and HollandDetermined to bring the very name of liberty into contemptDisputing the eternal damnation of young childrenDoctrine of predestination in its sternest and strictest senseEmperor of Japan addressed him as his brother monarchEpernon, the true murderer of HenryEstimating his character and judging his judgesEverybody should mind his own businessFate, free will, or absolute foreknowledgeFather Cotton, who was only too ready to betray the secretsGive him advice if he asked it, and money when he requiredGreat war of religion and politics was postponedHe was not imperial of aspect on canvas or coinHe was a sincere bigotHe who would have all may easily lose allHe who spreads the snare always tumbles into the ditch himselfImpatience is often on the part of the non-combatantsIntense bigotry of convictionInternational friendship, the self-interest of eachIt was the true religion, and there was none otherJames of England, who admired, envied, and hated HenryJealousy, that potent principleJesuit Mariana—justifying the killing of excommunicated kingsKing's definite and final intentions, varied from day to dayLanguage which is ever living because it is deadLouis XIII.Ludicrous gravityMore fiercely opposed to each other than to PapistsMost detestable verses that even he had ever composedNeither kings nor governments are apt to value logicNo man can be neutral in civil contentionsNo synod had a right to claim Netherlanders as slavesNo man pretended to think of the StateNone but God to compel me to say more than I choose to sayOutdoing himself in dogmatism and inconsistencyPhilip IV.Power the poison of which it is so difficult to resistPractised successfully the talent of silencePresents of considerable sums of money to the negotiators madePriests shall control the state or the state govern the priestsPrinces show what they have in them at twenty-five or neverPutting the cart before the oxenQueen is entirely in the hands of Spain and the priestsReligion was made the strumpet of Political AmbitionReligious toleration, which is a phrase of insultSafest citadel against an invader and a tyrant is distrustSchism in the Church had become a public factSecure the prizes of war without the troubles and dangersSenectus edam maorbus estShe declined to be his procuressSmall matter which human folly had dilated into a great oneSmooth words, in the plentiful lack of any substantialSo much in advance of his time as to favor religious equalityStroke of a broken table knife sharpened on a carriage wheelThat cynical commerce in human livesThe defence of the civil authority against the priesthoodThe assassin, tortured and torn by four horsesThe truth in shortest about matters of importanceThe voice of slanderersThe Catholic League and the Protestant UnionThe vehicle is often prized more than the freightTheir own roofs were not quite yet in a blazeTheological hatred was in full blaze throughout the countryTheology and politics were oneThere was no use in holding language of authority to himThere was but one king in Europe, Henry the BearneseTherefore now denounced the man whom he had injuredThey have killed him, 'e ammazato,' cried ConciniThings he could tell which are too odious and dreadfulThirty Years' War tread on the heels of the forty yearsTo look down upon their inferior and lost fellow creaturesUncouple the dogs and let them runUnimaginable outrage as the most legitimate industryVows of an eternal friendship of several weeks' durationWhat could save the House of Austria, the cause of PapacyWhether repentance could effect salvationWhether dead infants were hopelessly damnedWhose mutual hatred was now artfully inflamed by partisansWish to appear learned in matters of which they are ignorantWork of the aforesaid Puritans and a few JesuitsWrath of the Jesuits at this exercise of legal authority
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1614-17 by Motley[#93][jm93v10.txt]4893
And give advice. Of that, although always a spendthriftCasual outbursts of eternal friendshipChanged his positions and contradicted himself day by dayConciliation when war of extermination was intendedConsidered it his special mission in the world to mediateDenoungced as an obstacle to peaceFrance was mourning Henry and waiting for RichelieuHardly a sound Protestant policy anywhere but in HollandHistory has not too many really important and emblematic menI hope and I fearKing who thought it furious madness to resist the enemyMockery of negotiation in which nothing could be negotiatedMore apprehension of fraud than of forceOpening an abyss between government and peopleSuccessful in this step, he is ready for greater onesThat he tries to lay the fault on us is pure maliceThe magnitude of this wonderful sovereign's littlenessThis wonderful sovereign's littleness oppresses the imaginationWise and honest a man, although he be somewhat longsomeYesterday is the preceptor of To-morrow
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1617 by Motley[#94][jm94v10.txt]4894
Acts of violence which under pretext of religionAdulation for inferiors whom they despiseCalumny is often a stronger and more lasting power than disdainCreated one child for damnation and another for salvationDepths of credulity men in all ages can sinkDevote himself to his gout and to his fair young wifeFurious mob set upon the house of Rem BischopHighborn demagogues in that as in every age affect adulationIn this he was much behind his age or before itLogic is rarely the quality on which kings pride themselvesNecessity of deferring to powerful sovereignsNot his custom nor that of his councillors to go to bedPartisans wanted not accommodation but victoryPuritanism in Holland was a very different thing from EnglandSeemed bent on self-destructionStand between hope and fearThe evils resulting from a confederate system of governmentTo stifle for ever the right of free enquiry
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1618 by Motley[#95][jm95v10.txt]4895
Affection of his friends and the wrath of his enemiesDepths theological party spirit could descendExtraordinary capacity for yielding to gentle violenceHuman nature in its meanness and shameIt had not yet occurred to him that he was marriedMake the very name of man a term of reproachNever lack of fishers in troubled watersOpposed the subjection of the magistracy by the priesthoodPot-valiant heroResolve to maintain the civil authority over the militaryTempest of passion and prejudiceThe effect of energetic, uncompromising calumnyYes, there are wicked men about
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1618-19 by Motley[#96][jm96v10.txt]4896
Better to be governed by magistrates than mobsBurning with bitter revenge for all the favours he had receivedDeath rather than life with a false acknowledgment of guiltEnemy of all compulsion of the human conscienceHeidelberg Catechism were declared to be infallibleI know how to console myselfImplication there was much, of assertion very littleJohn RobinsonMagistracy at that moment seemed to mean the swordOnly true religionRather a wilderness to reign over than a single hereticWilliam Brewster
LIFE OF JOHN OF BARNEVELD, 1619-23 by Motley[#97][jm97v10.txt]4897
Argument in a circleHe that stands let him see that he does not fallIf he has deserved it, let them strike off his headMisery had come not from their being enemiesO God! what does man come to!Party hatred was not yet glutted with the blood it had drunkRose superior to his doom and took captivity captiveThis, then, is the reward of forty years' service to the StateTo milk, the cow as long as she would give milk
ENTIRE 1614-23 JOHN OF BARNEVELD, by Motley [#98][jm98v10.txt]4898
Acts of violence which under pretext of religionAdulation for inferiors whom they despiseAffection of his friends and the wrath of his enemiesAnd give advice. Of that, although always a spendthriftArgument in a circleBetter to be governed by magistrates than mobsBurning with bitter revenge for all the favours he had receivedCalumny is often a stronger and more lasting power than disdainCasual outbursts of eternal friendshipChanged his positions and contradicted himself day by dayConciliation when war of extermination was intendedConsidered it his special mission in the world to mediateCreated one child for damnation and another for salvationDeath rather than life with a false acknowledgment of guiltDenoungced as an obstacle to peaceDepths theological party spirit could descendDepths of credulity men in all ages can sinkDevote himself to his gout and to his fair young wifeEnemy of all compulsion of the human conscienceExtraordinary capacity for yielding to gentle violenceFrance was mourning Henry and waiting for RichelieuFurious mob set upon the house of Rem BischopHardly a sound Protestant policy anywhere but in HollandHe that stands let him see that he does not fallHeidelberg Catechism were declared to be infallibleHighborn demagogues in that as in every age affect adulationHistory has not too many really important and emblematic menHuman nature in its meanness and shameI hope and I fearI know how to console myselfIf he has deserved it, let them strike off his headImplication there was much, of assertion very littleIn this he was much behind his age or before itIt had not yet occurred to him that he was marriedJohn RobinsonKing who thought it furious madness to resist the enemyLogic is rarely the quality on which kings pride themselvesMagistracy at that moment seemed to mean the swordMake the very name of man a term of reproachMisery had come not from their being enemiesMockery of negotiation in which nothing could be negotiatedMore apprehension of fraud than of forceNecessity of deferring to powerful sovereignsNever lack of fishers in troubled watersNot his custom nor that of his councillors to go to bedO God! what does man come to!Only true religionOpening an abyss between government and peopleOpposed the subjection of the magistracy by the priesthoodPartisans wanted not accommodation but victoryParty hatred was not yet glutted with the blood it had drunkPot-valiant heroPuritanism in Holland was a very different thing from EnglandRather a wilderness to reign over than a single hereticResolve to maintain the civil authority over the militaryRose superior to his doom and took captivity captiveSeemed bent on self-destructionStand between hope and fearSuccessful in this step, he is ready for greater onesTempest of passion and prejudiceThat he tries to lay the fault on us is pure maliceThe magnitude of this wonderful sovereign's littlenessThe effect of energetic, uncompromising calumnyThe evils resulting from a confederate system of governmentThis, then, is the reward of forty years' service to the StateThis wonderful sovereign's littleness oppresses the imaginationTo milk, the cow as long as she would give milkTo stifle for ever the right of free enquiryWilliam BrewsterWise and honest a man, although he be somewhat longsomeYes, there are wicked men aboutYesterday is the preceptor of To-morrow
ENTIRE 1609-23 JOHN OF BARNEVELD, by Motley [#99][jm99v10.txt]4899
Abstinence from inquisition into consciences and private parlourActs of violence which under pretext of religionAdulation for inferiors whom they despiseAdvanced orthodox party-PuritansAffection of his friends and the wrath of his enemiesAllowed the demon of religious hatred to enter into its bodyAlmost infinite power of the meanest of passionsAnd give advice. Of that, although always a spendthriftAnd now the knife of another priest-led fanaticArgument in a circleAristocracy of God's electAs with his own people, keeping no back-door openAt a blow decapitated FranceAtheist, a tyrant, because he resisted dictation from the clergyBehead, torture, burn alive, and bury alive all hereticsBetter to be governed by magistrates than mobsBurning with bitter revenge for all the favours he had receivedCalumny is often a stronger and more lasting power than disdainCasual outbursts of eternal friendshipChanged his positions and contradicted himself day by dayChristian sympathy and a small assistance not being sufficientConciliation when war of extermination was intendedConclusive victory for the allies seemed as predestinedConsidered it his special mission in the world to mediateContained within itself the germs of a larger libertyCould not be both judge and party in the suitCovered now with the satirical dust of centuriesCreated one child for damnation and another for salvationDeadly hatred of Puritans in England and HollandDeath rather than life with a false acknowledgment of guiltDenoungced as an obstacle to peaceDepths of credulity men in all ages can sinkDepths theological party spirit could descendDetermined to bring the very name of liberty into contemptDevote himself to his gout and to his fair young wifeDisputing the eternal damnation of young childrenDoctrine of predestination in its sternest and strictest senseEmperor of Japan addressed him as his brother monarchEnemy of all compulsion of the human conscienceEpernon, the true murderer of HenryEstimating his character and judging his judgesEverybody should mind his own businessExtraordinary capacity for yielding to gentle violenceFate, free will, or absolute foreknowledgeFather Cotton, who was only too ready to betray the secretsFrance was mourning Henry and waiting for RichelieuFurious mob set upon the house of Rem BischopGive him advice if he asked it, and money when he requiredGreat war of religion and politics was postponedHardly a sound Protestant policy anywhere but in HollandHe was not imperial of aspect on canvas or coinHe who would have all may easily lose allHe who spreads the snare always tumbles into the ditch himselfHe was a sincere bigotHe that stands let him see that he does not fallHeidelberg Catechism were declared to be infallibleHighborn demagogues in that as in every age affect adulationHistory has not too many really important and emblematic menHuman nature in its meanness and shameI know how to console myselfI hope and I fearIf he has deserved it, let them strike off his headImpatience is often on the part of the non-combatantsImplication there was much, of assertion very littleIn this he was much behind his age or before itIntense bigotry of convictionInternational friendship, the self-interest of eachIt had not yet occurred to him that he was marriedIt was the true religion, and there was none otherJames of England, who admired, envied, and hated HenryJealousy, that potent principleJesuit Mariana—justifying the killing of excommunicated kingsJohn RobinsonKing who thought it furious madness to resist the enemyKing's definite and final intentions, varied from day to dayLanguage which is ever living because it is deadLogic is rarely the quality on which kings pride themselvesLouis XIII.Ludicrous gravityMagistracy at that moment seemed to mean the swordMake the very name of man a term of reproachMisery had come not from their being enemiesMockery of negotiation in which nothing could be negotiatedMore apprehension of fraud than of forceMore fiercely opposed to each other than to PapistsMost detestable verses that even he had ever composedNecessity of deferring to powerful sovereignsNeither kings nor governments are apt to value logicNever lack of fishers in troubled watersNo man pretended to think of the StateNo man can be neutral in civil contentionsNo synod had a right to claim Netherlanders as slavesNone but God to compel me to say more than I choose to sayNot his custom nor that of his councillors to go to bedO God! what does man come to!Only true religionOpening an abyss between government and peopleOpposed the subjection of the magistracy by the priesthoodOutdoing himself in dogmatism and inconsistencyPartisans wanted not accommodation but victoryParty hatred was not yet glutted with the blood it had drunkPhilip IV.Pot-valiant heroPower the poison of which it is so difficult to resistPractised successfully the talent of silencePresents of considerable sums of money to the negotiators madePriests shall control the state or the state govern the priestsPrinces show what they have in them at twenty-five or neverPuritanism in Holland was a very different thing from EnglandPutting the cart before the oxenQueen is entirely in the hands of Spain and the priestsRather a wilderness to reign over than a single hereticReligion was made the strumpet of Political AmbitionReligious toleration, which is a phrase of insultResolve to maintain the civil authority over the militaryRose superior to his doom and took captivity captiveSafest citadel against an invader and a tyrant is distrustSchism in the Church had become a public factSecure the prizes of war without the troubles and dangersSeemed bent on self-destructionSenectus edam maorbus estShe declined to be his procuressSmall matter which human folly had dilated into a great oneSmooth words, in the plentiful lack of any substantialSo much in advance of his time as to favor religious equalityStand between hope and fearStroke of a broken table knife sharpened on a carriage wheelSuccessful in this step, he is ready for greater onesTempest of passion and prejudiceThat he tries to lay the fault on us is pure maliceThat cynical commerce in human livesThe effect of energetic, uncompromising calumnyThe evils resulting from a confederate system of governmentThe vehicle is often prized more than the freightThe voice of slanderersThe truth in shortest about matters of importanceThe assassin, tortured and torn by four horsesThe defence of the civil authority against the priesthoodThe magnitude of this wonderful sovereign's littlenessThe Catholic League and the Protestant UnionTheir own roofs were not quite yet in a blazeTheological hatred was in full blaze throughout the countryTheology and politics were oneThere was no use in holding language of authority to himThere was but one king in Europe, Henry the BearneseTherefore now denounced the man whom he had injuredThey have killed him, 'e ammazato,' cried ConciniThings he could tell which are too odious and dreadfulThirty Years' War tread on the heels of the forty yearsThis wonderful sovereign's littleness oppresses the imaginationThis, then, is the reward of forty years' service to the StateTo milk, the cow as long as she would give milkTo stifle for ever the right of free enquiryTo look down upon their inferior and lost fellow creaturesUncouple the dogs and let them runUnimaginable outrage as the most legitimate industryVows of an eternal friendship of several weeks' durationWhat could save the House of Austria, the cause of PapacyWhether repentance could effect salvationWhether dead infants were hopelessly damnedWhose mutual hatred was now artfully inflamed by partisansWilliam BrewsterWise and honest a man, although he be somewhat longsomeWish to appear learned in matters of which they are ignorantWork of the aforesaid Puritans and a few JesuitsWrath of the Jesuits at this exercise of legal authorityYes, there are wicked men aboutYesterday is the preceptor of To-morrow
MEMOIR OF JOHN L. MOTLEY, V1, O.W. HOLMES [OWH#11][oh11v10.txt]4725
All classes are conservative by necessityAlready looking forward to the revolt of the slave StatesAttacked by the poetic maniaBecoming more learned, and therefore more ignorantBut not thoughtlessly indulgent to the boyCold water of conventional and commonplace encouragementCould paint a character with the ruddy life-blood coloringEmulation is not capabilityExcused by their admirers for their shortcomingsExcuses to disarm the criticism he had some reason to fearFear of the laugh of the world at its sincerityFitted "To warn, to comfort, and command"How many more injured by becoming bad copies of a bad idealIgnoble facts which strew the highways of political lifeIndoor home life imprisons them in the domestic circleIntellectual dandyisms of BulwerKindly shadow of oblivionMisanthropical, sceptical philosopherMost entirely truthful child whe had ever seenNearsighted liberalismNo two books, as he said, ever injured each otherNot a single acquaintance in the place, and we glory in the factOnly foundation fit for history,—original contemporary documentRadical, one who would uproot, is a man whose trade is dangerousSees the past in the pitiless light of the presentSelf-educated man, as he had been a self-taught boySolitary and morose, the necessary consequence of reckless studySpirit of a man who wishes to be proud of his countryStudied according to his inclinations rather than by ruleStyle above all other qualities seems to embalm for posterityTalked impatiently of the value of my timeThe dead men of the place are my intimate friendsThe fellow mixes blood with his colors!The loss of hair, which brings on premature decayThe personal gifts which are nature's passport everywhereTwenty assaults upon fame and had forty books killed under himVain belief that they were men at eighteen or twentyWeight of a thousand years of error
MEMOIR OF JOHN L. MOTLEY, V2, O.W. HOLMES [OWH#12][oh12v10.txt]4726
A great historian is almost a statesmanAdmired or despised, as if he or she were our contemporaryAlas! one never knows when one becomes a boreAmerican Unholy Inquisitionbest defence in this case is little better than an impeachmentBut after all this isn't a war It is a revolutionCan never be repaired and never sufficiently regrettedConsiderations of state as a reasonConsiderations of state have never yet failed the axeEverything else may happen This alone must happenFortune's buffets and rewards can take with equal thanksHe was not always careful in the construction of his sentencesIn revolutions the men who win are those who are in earnestIrresistible force in collision with an insuperable resistanceIt is n't strategists that are wanted so much as believersJohn Quincy AdamsManner in which an insult shall be dealt withMotley was twice sacrificed to personal feelingsNo man is safe (from news reporters)Our mortal life is but a string of guesses at the futurePlayed so long with other men's characters and good nameProgress should be by a spiral movementPublic which must have a slain reputation to devourReasonable to pay our debts rather than to repudiate themRecall of a foreign minister for alleged misconduct in officeShall Slavery die, or the great Republic?Suicide is confessionThe nation is as much bound to be honest as is the individualThis Somebody may have been one whom we should call NobodyUnequivocal policy of slave emancipationWringing a dry cloth for drops of evidence
MEMOIR OF JOHN L. MOTLEY, V3, O.W. HOLMES [OWH#13][oh13v10.txt]4727
An order of things in which mediocrity is at a premiumBetter is the restlessness of a noble ambitionBlessed freedom from speech-makingFlattery is a sweet and intoxicating potionForget those who have done them good serviceHis dogged, continuous capacity for workHis learning was a reproach to the ignorantHistory never forgets and never forgivesMediocrity is at a premiumNo great man can reach the highest position in our governmentOver excited, when his prejudices were roughly handledPlain enough that he is telling his own storyRepublics are said to be ungratefulThey knew very little of us, and that little wrongVisible atmosphere of power the poison of whichWonders whether it has found its harbor or only lost its anchor
MEMOIR OF JOHN L. MOTLEY, ALL, O.W. HOLMES [OWH#14][oh14v10.txt]4728
A great historian is almost a statesmanAdmired or despised, as if he or she were our contemporaryAlas! one never knows when one becomes a boreAll classes are conservative by necessityAlready looking forward to the revolt of the slave StatesAmerican Unholy InquisitionAn order of things in which mediocrity is at a premiumAttacked by the poetic maniaBecoming more learned, and therefore more ignorantbest defence in this case is little better than an impeachmentBetter is the restlessness of a noble ambitionBlessed freedom from speech-makingBut not thoughtlessly indulgent to the boyBut after all this isn't a war It is a revolutionCan never be repaired and never sufficiently regrettedCold water of conventional and commonplace encouragementConsiderations of state have never yet failed the axeConsiderations of state as a reasonCould paint a character with the ruddy life-blood coloringEmulation is not capabilityEverything else may happen This alone must happenExcused by their admirers for their shortcomingsExcuses to disarm the criticism he had some reason to fearFear of the laugh of the world at its sincerityFitted "To warn, to comfort, and command"Flattery is a sweet and intoxicating potionForget those who have done them good serviceFortune's buffets and rewards can take with equal thanksHe was not always careful in the construction of his sentencesHis learning was a reproach to the ignorantHis dogged, continuous capacity for workHistory never forgets and never forgivesHow many more injured by becoming bad copies of a bad idealIgnoble facts which strew the highways of political lifeIn revolutions the men who win are those who are in earnestIndoor home life imprisons them in the domestic circleIntellectual dandyisms of BulwerIrresistible force in collision with an insuperable resistanceIt is n't strategists that are wanted so much as believersJohn Quincy AdamsKindly shadow of oblivionManner in which an insult shall be dealt withMediocrity is at a premiumMisanthropical, sceptical philosopherMost entirely truthful child whe had ever seenMotley was twice sacrificed to personal feelingsNearsighted liberalismNo great man can reach the highest position in our governmentNo two books, as he said, ever injured each otherNo man is safe (from news reporters)Not a single acquaintance in the place, and we glory in the factOnly foundation fit for history,—original contemporary documentOur mortal life is but a string of guesses at the futureOver excited, when his prejudices were roughly handledPlain enough that he is telling his own storyPlayed so long with other men's characters and good nameProgress should be by a spiral movementPublic which must have a slain reputation to devourRadical, one who would uproot, is a man whose trade is dangerousReasonable to pay our debts rather than to repudiate themRecall of a foreign minister for alleged misconduct in officeRepublics are said to be ungratefulSees the past in the pitiless light of the presentSelf-educated man, as he had been a self-taught boyShall Slavery die, or the great Republic?Solitary and morose, the necessary consequence of reckless studySpirit of a man who wishes to be proud of his countryStudied according to his inclinations rather than by ruleStyle above all other qualities seems to embalm for posteritySuicide is confessionTalked impatiently of the value of my timeThe fellow mixes blood with his colors!The loss of hair, which brings on premature decayThe personal gifts which are nature's passport everywhereThe nation is as much bound to be honest as is the individualThe dead men of the place are my intimate friendsThey knew very little of us, and that little wrongThis Somebody may have been one whom we should call NobodyTwenty assaults upon fame and had forty books killed under himUnequivocal policy of slave emancipationVain belief that they were men at eighteen or twentyVisible atmosphere of power the poison of whichWeight of a thousand years of errorWonders whether it has found its harbor or only lost its anchorWringing a dry cloth for drops of evidence
ENTIRE PG EDITION THE NETHERLANDS, BY MOTLEY[#100][jm00v10.txt]4900(WHICH INCLUDES THE MEMOIR OF MOTLEY BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES)
1566, the last year of peaceA pleasantry called voluntary contributions or benevolencesA good lawyer is a bad ChristianA terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled womanA common hatred united them, for a time at leastA penal offence in the republic to talk of peace or of truceA most fatal successA country disinherited by nature of its rightsA free commonwealth—was thought an absurdityA hard bargain when both parties are losersA burnt cat fears the fireA despot really keeps no accounts, nor need to do soA sovereign remedy for the disease of libertyA pusillanimous peace, always possible at any periodA man incapable of fatigue, of perplexity, or of fearA truce he honestly considered a pitfall of destructionA great historian is almost a statesmanAble men should be by design and of purpose suppressedAbout equal to that of England at the same periodAbsolution for incest was afforded at thirty-six livresAbstinence from unproductive consumptionAbstinence from inquisition into consciences and private parlourAbsurd affectation of candorAccepting a new tyrant in place of the one so long ago deposedAccustomed to the faded gallantriesAchieved the greatness to which they had not been bornAct of Uniformity required Papists to assistActs of violence which under pretext of religionAdmired or despised, as if he or she were our contemporaryAdulation for inferiors whom they despiseAdvanced orthodox party-PuritansAdvancing age diminished his tendency to other carnal pleasuresAdvised his Majesty to bestow an annual bribe upon Lord BurleighAffecting to discredit themAffection of his friends and the wrath of his enemiesAge when toleration was a viceAgreements were valid only until he should repentAlas! the benighted victims of superstition hugged their chainsAlas! we must always have something to persecuteAlas! one never knows when one becomes a boreAlexander's exuberant discretionAll Italy was in his handsAll fellow-worms togetherAll business has been transacted with open doorsAll reading of the scriptures (forbidden)All the majesty which decoration could impartAll denounced the image-breakingAll claimed the privilege of persecutingAll his disciples and converts are to be punished with deathAll Protestants were beheaded, burned, or buried aliveAll classes are conservative by necessityAll the ministers and great functionaries received presentsAll offices were sold to the highest bidderAllow her to seek a profit from his misfortuneAllowed the demon of religious hatred to enter into its bodyAlmost infinite power of the meanest of passionsAlready looking forward to the revolt of the slave StatesAltercation between Luther and Erasmus, upon predestinationAlways less apt to complain of irrevocable eventsAmerican Unholy InquisitionAmuse them with this peace negotiationAn inspiring and delightful recreation (auto-da-fe)An hereditary papacy, a perpetual pope-emperorAn age when to think was a crimeAn unjust God, himself the origin of sinAn order of things in which mediocrity is at a premiumAnarchy which was deemed inseparable from a non-regal formAnatomical study of what has ceased to existAnd give advice. Of that, although always a spendthriftAnd now the knife of another priest-led fanaticAnd thus this gentle and heroic spirit took its flightAngle with their dissimulation as with a hookAnnounced his approaching marriage with the Virgin MaryAnnual harvest of iniquity by which his revenue was increasedAnxiety to do nothing wrong, the senators did nothing at allAre apt to discharge such obligations—(by) ingratitudeAre wont to hang their piety on the bell-ropeArgument in a circleArgument is exhausted and either action or compromise beginsAristocracy of God's electArminianismArrested on suspicion, tortured till confessionArrive at their end by fraud, when violence will not avail themArtilleryAs logical as men in their cups are prone to beAs the old woman had told the Emperor AdrianAs if they were free will not make them freeAs lieve see the Spanish as the Calvinistic inquisitionAs ready as papists, with age, fagot, and excommunicationAs with his own people, keeping no back-door openAs neat a deception by telling the truthAt a blow decapitated FranceAt length the twig was becoming the treeAtheist, a tyrant, because he resisted dictation from the clergyAttachment to a half-drowned land and to a despised religionAttacked by the poetic maniaAttacking the authority of the popeAttempting to swim in two watersAuction sales of judicial ermineBaiting his hook a little to his appetiteBarbara Blomberg, washerwoman of RatisbonBatavian legion was the imperial body guardBeacons in the upward path of mankindBeating the Netherlanders into ChristianityBeautiful damsel, who certainly did not lack suitorsBecause he had been successful (hated)Becoming more learned, and therefore more ignorantBeen already crimination and recrimination more than enoughBefore morning they had sacked thirty churchesBegan to scatter golden arguments with a lavish handBeggars of the sea, as these privateersmen designated themselvesBehead, torture, burn alive, and bury alive all hereticsBeing the true religion, proved by so many testimoniesBelieved in the blessed advent of peaceBeneficent and charitable purposes (War)best defence in this case is little better than an impeachmentBestowing upon others what was not his propertyBetter to be governed by magistrates than mobsBetter is the restlessness of a noble ambitionBeware of a truce even more than of a peaceBigotry which was the prevailing characteristic of the ageBishop is a consecrated pirateBlessed freedom from speech-makingBlessing of God upon the Devil's workBold reformer had only a new dogma in place of the old onesBomb-shells were not often used although known for a centuryBreath, time, and paper were profusely wasted and nothing gainedBrethren, parents, and children, having wives in commonBribed the DeityBungling diplomatists and credulous dotardsBurned, strangled, beheaded, or buried alive (100,000)Burned alive if they objected to transubstantiationBurning with bitter revenge for all the favours he had receivedBurning of Servetus at GenevaBusiness of an officer to fight, of a general to conquerBut the habit of dissimulation was inveterateBut after all this isn't a war It is a revolutionBut not thoughtlessly indulgent to the boyButchery in the name of Christ was suspendedBy turns, we all govern and are governedCalling a peace perpetual can never make it soCalumny is often a stronger and more lasting power than disdainCan never be repaired and never sufficiently regrettedCanker of a long peaceCare neither for words nor menaces in any matterCargo of imaginary gold dust was exported from the James RiverCasting up the matter "as pinchingly as possibly might be"Casual outbursts of eternal friendshipCertain number of powers, almost exactly equal to each otherCertainly it was worth an eighty years' warChanged his positions and contradicted himself day by dayCharacter of brave men to act, not to expectCharles the Fifth autocrat of half the worldChief seafaring nations of the world were already protestantChieftains are dwarfed in the estimation of followersChildren who had never set foot on the shoreChristian sympathy and a small assistance not being sufficientChronicle of events must not be anticipatedClaimed the praise of moderation that their demands were so fewCold water of conventional and commonplace encouragementCollege of "peace-makers," who wrangled more than allColonel Ysselstein, "dismissed for a homicide or two"Compassing a country's emancipation through a series of defeatsConceding it subsequently, after much contestationConceit, and procrastination which marked the royal characterConciliation when war of extermination was intendedConclusive victory for the allies seemed as predestinedConde and ColignyCondemned first and inquired upon afterCondemning all heretics to deathConflicting claims of prerogative and conscienceConformity of Governments to the principles of justiceConfused conferences, where neither party was entirely sincereConsiderable reason, even if there were but little justiceConsiderations of state have never yet failed the axeConsiderations of state as a reasonConsidered it his special mission in the world to mediateConsign to the flames all prisoners whatever (Papal letter)Constant vigilance is the price of libertyConstitute themselves at once universal legateesConstitutional governments, move in the daylightConsumer would pay the tax, supposing it were ever paid at allContained within itself the germs of a larger libertyContempt for treaties however solemnly ratifiedContinuing to believe himself invincible and infallibleConverting beneficent commerce into baleful gamblingCould handle an argument as well as a swordCould paint a character with the ruddy life-blood coloringCould not be both judge and party in the suitCould do a little more than what was possibleCountry would bear his loss with fortitudeCourage of despair inflamed the FrenchCourage and semblance of cheerfulness, with despair in his heartCourt fatigue, to scorn pleasureCovered now with the satirical dust of centuriesCraft meaning, simply, strengthCreated one child for damnation and another for salvationCrescents in their caps: Rather Turkish than PopishCrimes and cruelties such as Christians only could imagineCriminal whose guilt had been established by the hot ironCriminals buying Paradise for moneyCruelties exercised upon monks and papistsCrusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfsCulpable audacity and exaggerated prudenceCustomary oaths, to be kept with the customary conscientiousnessDaily widening schism between Lutherans and CalvinistsDeadliest of sins, the liberty of conscienceDeadly hatred of Puritans in England and HollandDeal with his enemy as if sure to become his friendDeath rather than life with a false acknowledgment of guiltDecline a bribe or interfere with the private sale of placesDecrees for burning, strangling, and burying aliveDeeply criminal in the eyes of all religious partiesDefeated garrison ever deserved more respect from friend or foeDefect of enjoying the flattery, of his inferiors in stationDelay often fights better than an army against a foreign invaderDemanding peace and bread at any priceDemocratic instincts of the ancient German savagesDenies the utility of prayers for the deadDenoungced as an obstacle to peaceDepths theological party spirit could descendDepths of credulity men in all ages can sinkDespised those who were gratefulDespot by birth and inclination (Charles V.)Determined to bring the very name of liberty into contemptDevote himself to his gout and to his fair young wifeDifference between liberties and libertyDifficult for one friend to advise another in three mattersDiplomacy of Spain and Rome—meant simply dissimulationDiplomatic adroitness consists mainly in the power to deceiveDisciple of Simon StevinusDismay of our friends and the gratification of our enemiesDisordered, and unknit state needs no shaking, but proppingDisposed to throat-cutting by the ministers of the GospelDispute between Luther and Zwingli concerning the real presenceDisputing the eternal damnation of young childrenDissenters were as bigoted as the orthodoxDissimulation and delayDistinguished for his courage, his cruelty, and his corpulenceDivine right of kingsDivine rightDo you want peace or war? I am ready for eitherDoctrine of predestination in its sternest and strictest senseDon John of AustriaDon John was at liberty to be King of England and ScotlandDone nothing so long as aught remained to doDrank of the water in which, he had washedDraw a profit out of the necessities of this stateDuring this, whole war, we have never seen the likeDying at so very inconvenient a momentEach in its turn becoming orthodox, and therefore persecutingEat their own children than to forego one high massEight thousand human beings were murderedElizabeth, though convicted, could always confuteElizabeth (had not) the faintest idea of religious freedomEloquence of the biggest gunsEmperor of Japan addressed him as his brother monarchEmulation is not capabilityEndure every hardship but hungerEnemy of all compulsion of the human conscienceEngland hated the NetherlandsEnglish PuritansEnglishmen and Hollanders preparing to cut each other's throatsEnmity between Lutherans and CalvinistsEnormous wealth (of the Church) which engendered the hatredEnriched generation after generation by wealthy penitenceEnthusiasm could not supply the place of experienceEnvying those whose sufferings had already been terminatedEpernon, the true murderer of HenryErasmus of RotterdamErasmus encourages the bold friarEstablish not freedom for Calvinism, but freedom for conscienceEstimating his character and judging his judgesEven the virtues of James were his worst enemiesEven to grant it slowly is to deny it utterlyEven for the rape of God's mother, if that were possibleEver met disaster with so cheerful a smileEver-swarming nurseries of mercenary warriorsEvery one sees what you seem, few perceive what you areEverybody should mind his own businessEverything else may happen This alone must happenEverything was conceded, but nothing was securedEvil is coming, the sooner it arrives the betterEvil has the advantage of rapidly assuming many shapesExcited with the appearance of a gem of true philosophyExcused by their admirers for their shortcomingsExcuses to disarm the criticism he had some reason to fearExecutions of Huss and Jerome of PragueExorcising the devil by murdering his supposed victimsExtraordinary capacity for yielding to gentle violenceFable of divine right is invented to sanction the systemFaction has rarely worn a more mischievous aspectFamous fowl in every potFanatics of the new religion denounced him as a godless manFate, free will, or absolute foreknowledgeFather Cotton, who was only too ready to betray the secretsFear of the laugh of the world at its sincerityFed on bear's liver, were nearly poisoned to deathFelix Mants, the anabaptist, is drowned at ZurichFellow worms had been writhing for half a century in the dustFerocity which even Christians could not have surpassedFew, even prelates were very dutiful to the popeFiction of apostolic authority to bind and looseFifty thousand persons in the provinces (put to death)Financial opposition to tyranny is apt to be unanimousFind our destruction in our immoderate desire for peaceFishermen and river raftsmen become ocean adventurersFitted "To warn, to comfort, and command"Fitter to obey than to commandFive great rivers hold the Netherland territory in their coilsFlattery is a sweet and intoxicating potionFled from the land of oppression to the land of libertyFool who useth not wit because he hath it notFor myself I am unworthy of the honor (of martyrdom)For faithful service, evil recompenseFor women to lament, for men to rememberFor us, looking back upon the Past, which was then the FutureFor his humanity towards the conquered garrisons (censured)Forbidding the wearing of mourning at allForbids all private assemblies for devotionForce clerical—the power of clerksForemost to shake off the fetters of superstitionForget those who have done them good serviceForgiving spirit on the part of the malefactorFortune's buffets and rewards can take with equal thanksFour weeks' holiday—the first in eleven yearsFrance was mourning Henry and waiting for RichelieuFrench seem madmen, and are wiseFriendly advice still more intolerableFull of precedents and declamatory commonplacesFurious fanaticismFurious mob set upon the house of Rem BischopFurnished, in addition, with a force of two thousand prostitutesFuture world as laid down by rival priesthoodsGallant and ill-fated Lamoral EgmontGaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmiesGerman-Lutheran sixteenth-century idea of religious freedomGerman finds himself sober—he believes himself illGerman Highland and the German NetherlandGigantic vices are proudly pointed to as the noblestGive him advice if he asked it, and money when he requiredGlory could be put neither into pocket nor stomachGod has given absolute power to no mortal manGod, whose cause it was, would be pleased to give good weatherGod alone can protect us against those whom we trustGod of wrath who had decreed the extermination of all unbelieverGod of vengeance, of jealousy, and of injusticeGod Save the King! It was the last timeGold was the only passkey to justiceGomarites accused the Arminians of being more lax than PapistsGovern under the appearance of obeyingGreat transactions of a reign are sometimes paltry thingsGreat science of political equilibriumGreat Privilege, the Magna Charta of HollandGreat error of despising their enemyGreat war of religion and politics was postponedGreat battles often leave the world where they found itGuarantees of forgiveness for every imaginable sinGuilty of no other crime than adhesion to the Catholic faithHabeas corpusHad industry been honoured instead of being despisedHaereticis non servanda fidesHair and beard unshorn, according to ancient Batavian customHalcyon days of ban, book and candleHanged for having eaten meat-soup upon FridayHanging of Mary Dyer at BostonHangman is not the most appropriate teacher of religionHappy to glass themselves in so brilliant a mirrorHard at work, pouring sand through their sievesHardly a distinguished family in Spain not placed in mourningHardly a sound Protestant policy anywhere but in HollandHardly an inch of French soil that had not two possessorsHaving conjugated his paradigm conscientiouslyHe had omitted to execute hereticsHe did his best to be friends with all the worldHe was a sincere bigotHe that stands let him see that he does not fallHe was not always careful in the construction of his sentencesHe would have no persecution of the opposite creedHe came as a conqueror not as a mediatorHe who spreads the snare always tumbles into the ditch himselfHe who would have all may easily lose allHe knew men, especially he knew their weaknessesHe had never enjoyed social converse, except at long intervalsHe would have no Calvinist inquisition set up in its placeHe who confessed well was absolved wellHe did his work, but he had not his rewardHe sat a great while at a time. He had a genius for sittingHe was not imperial of aspect on canvas or coinHe often spoke of popular rights with contemptHe spent more time at table than the Bearnese in sleepHeidelberg Catechism were declared to be infallibleHenry the Huguenot as the champion of the Council of TrentHer teeth black, her bosom white and liberally exposed (Eliz.)Heresy was a plant of early growth in the NetherlandsHeretics to the English Church were persecutedHibernian mode of expressing himselfHigh officers were doing the work of private, soldiersHighborn demagogues in that as in every age affect adulationHighest were not necessarily the least slimyHis inordinate arroganceHis own past triumphs seemed now his greatest enemiesHis imagination may have assisted his memory in the taskHis insolence intolerableHis learning was a reproach to the ignorantHis invectives were, however, much stronger than his argumentsHis personal graces, for the moment, took the rank of virtuesHis dogged, continuous capacity for workHistorical scepticism may shut its eyes to evidenceHistory is a continuous whole of which we see only fragmentsHistory is but made up of a few scattered fragmentsHistory never forgets and never forgivesHistory has not too many really important and emblematic menHistory shows how feeble are barriers of paperHolland was afraid to give a part, although offering the wholeHolland, England, and America, are all links of one chainHoly Office condemned all the inhabitants of the NetherlandsHoly institution called the InquisitionHonor good patriots, and to support them in venial errorsHope delayed was but a cold and meagre consolationHope deferred, suddenly changing to despairHow many more injured by becoming bad copies of a bad idealHugo GrotiusHuman nature in its meanness and shameHuman ingenuity to inflict human miseryHuman fat esteemed the sovereignst remedy (for wounds)Humanizing effect of science upon the barbarism of warHumble ignorance as the safest creedHumility which was but the cloak to his prideHundred thousand men had laid down their lives by her decreeI did never see any man behave himself as he didI know how to console myselfI am a king that will be ever known not to fear any but GodI hope and I fearI would carry the wood to burn my own son withalI regard my country's profit, not my ownI will never live, to see the end of my povertyIdea of freedom in commerce has dawned upon nationsIdiotic principle of sumptuary legislationIdle, listless, dice-playing, begging, filching vagabondsIf he had little, he could live upon littleIf to do be as grand as to imagine what it were good to doIf he has deserved it, let them strike off his headIgnoble facts which strew the highways of political lifeIgnorance is the real enslaver of mankindImagined, and did the work of truthImagining that they held the world's destiny in their handsImpatience is often on the part of the non-combatantsImplication there was much, of assertion very littleImposed upon the multitudes, with whom words were thingsImpossible it is to practise arithmetic with disturbed brainsImpossible it was to invent terms of adulation too grossIn revolutions the men who win are those who are in earnestIn character and general talents he was beneath mediocrityIn times of civil war, to be neutral is to be nothingIn Holland, the clergy had neither influence nor seatsIn this he was much behind his age or before itIncur the risk of being charged with forwardness than neglectIndecision did the work of indolenceIndignant that heretics had been suffered to hangIndividuals walking in advance of their ageIndoor home life imprisons them in the domestic circleIndulging them frequently with oracular adviceInevitable fate of talking castles and listening ladiesInfamy of diplomacy, when diplomacy is unaccompanied by honestyInfinite capacity for pecuniary absorptionInformer, in case of conviction, should be entitled to one halfInhabited by the savage tribes called SamoyedesInnocent generation, to atone for the sins of their forefathersInquisition of the Netherlands is much more pitilessInquisition was not a fit subject for a compromiseInquisitors enough; but there were no light vessels in The ArmadaInsane cruelty, both in the cause of the Wrong and the RightInsensible to contumely, and incapable of accepting a rebuffInsinuate that his orders had been hitherto misunderstoodInsinuating suspicions when unable to furnish evidenceIntellectual dandyisms of BulwerIntelligence, science, and industry were accounted degradingIntense bigotry of convictionIntentions of a government which did not know its own intentionsInternational friendship, the self-interest of eachIntolerable tendency to punsInvaluable gift which no human being can acquire, authorityInvented such Christian formulas as these (a curse)Inventing long speeches for historical charactersInvincible Armada had not only been vanquished but annihilatedIrresistible force in collision with an insuperable resistanceIt was the true religion, and there was none otherIt is not desirable to disturb much of that learned dustIt had not yet occurred to him that he was marriedIt is n't strategists that are wanted so much as believersIt is certain that the English hate us (Sully)Its humility, seemed sufficiently ironicalJames of England, who admired, envied, and hated HenryJealousy, that potent principleJesuit Mariana—justifying the killing of excommunicated kingsJohn Castel, who had stabbed Henry IV.John Wier, a physician of GraveJohn RobinsonJohn Quincy AdamsJudas MaccabaeusJuly 1st, two Augustine monks were burned at BrusselsJustified themselves in a solemn consumption of timeKindly shadow of oblivionKing who thought it furious madness to resist the enemyKing had issued a general repudiation of his debtsKing set a price upon his head as a rebelKing of Zion to be pinched to death with red-hot tongsKing was often to be something much less or much worseKing's definite and final intentions, varied from day to dayLabored under the disadvantage of never having existedLabour was esteemed dishonourableLanguage which is ever living because it is deadLanguor of fatigue, rather than any sincere desire for peaceLeading motive with all was supposed to be religionLearn to tremble as little at priestcraft as at swordcraftLeave not a single man alive in the city, and to burn every houseLet us fool these poor creatures to their heart's contentLicences accorded by the crown to carry slaves to AmericaLife of nations and which we call the PastLike a man holding a wolf by the earsLittle army of Maurice was becoming the model for EuropeLittle grievances would sometimes inflame more than vastLocal self-government which is the life-blood of libertyLogic of the largest battalionsLogic is rarely the quality on which kings pride themselvesLogical and historical argument of unmerciful lengthLong succession of so many illustrious obscureLonger they delay it, the less easy will they find itLook through the cloud of dissimulationLook for a sharp war, or a miserable peaceLooking down upon her struggle with benevolent indifferenceLord was better pleased with adverbs than nounsLoud, nasal, dictatorial tone, not at all agreeableLouis XIII.Loving only the persons who flattered himLudicrous gravityLuther's axiom, that thoughts are toll-freeLutheran princes of Germany, detested the doctrines of GenevaLuxury had blunted the fine instincts of patriotismMade peace—and had been at war ever sinceMade no breach in royal and Roman infallibilityMade to swing to and fro over a slow fireMagistracy at that moment seemed to mean the swordMagnificent hopefulnessMaintaining the attitude of an injured but forgiving ChristianMake sheep of yourselves, and the wolf will eat youMake the very name of man a term of reproachMan is never so convinced of his own wisdomMan who cannot dissemble is unfit to reignMan had only natural wrongs (No natural rights)Man had no rights at all He was propertyMankind were naturally inclined to calumnyManner in which an insult shall be dealt withMany greedy priests, of lower rank, had turned shop-keepersMaritime hereticsMatter that men may rather pray for than hope forMatters little by what name a government is calledMeantime the second civil war in France had broken outMediocrity is at a premiumMeet around a green table except as fencers in the fieldMen were loud in reproof, who had been silentMen fought as if war was the normal condition of humanityMen who meant what they said and said what they meantMendacity may always obtain over innocence and credulityMilitary virtue in the support of an infamous causeMisanthropical, sceptical philosopherMisery had come not from their being enemiesMistake to stumble a second time over the same stoneMistakes might occur from occasional deviations into sincerityMockery of negotiation in which nothing could be negotiatedModern statesmanship, even while it practises, condemnsMonasteries, burned their invaluable librariesMondragon was now ninety-two years oldMoral nature, undergoes less change than might be hopedMore accustomed to do well than to speak wellMore easily, as he had no intention of keeping the promiseMore catholic than the popeMore fiercely opposed to each other than to PapistsMore apprehension of fraud than of forceMost detestable verses that even he had ever composedMost entirely truthful child whe had ever seenMotley was twice sacrificed to personal feelingsMuch as the blind or the deaf towards colour or musicMyself seeing of it methinketh that I dreamNames history has often found it convenient to mark its epochsNational character, not the work of a few individualsNations tied to the pinafores of children in the nurseryNatural to judge only by the resultNatural tendency to suspicion of a timid manNearsighted liberalismNecessary to make a virtue of necessityNecessity of extirpating heresy, root and branchNecessity of deferring to powerful sovereignsNecessity of kingshipNegotiated as if they were all immortalNeighbour's blazing roof was likely soon to fire their ownNeither kings nor governments are apt to value logicNeither wished the convocation, while both affected an eagernessNeither ambitious nor greedyNever peace well made, he observed, without a mighty warNever did statesmen know better how not to doNever lack of fishers in troubled watersNew Years Day in England, 11th January by the New StyleNight brings counselNine syllables that which could be more forcibly expressed in onNo one can testify but a householderNo man can be neutral in civil contentionsNo law but the law of the longest purseNo two books, as he said, ever injured each otherNo retrenchments in his pleasures of women, dogs, and buildingsNo great man can reach the highest position in our governmentNo man is safe (from news reporters)No man could reveal secrets which he did not knowNo authority over an army which they did not payNo man pretended to think of the StateNo synod had a right to claim Netherlanders as slavesNo qualities whatever but birth and audacity to recommend himNo generation is long-lived enough to reap the harvestNo man ever understood the art of bribery more thoroughlyNo calumny was too senseless to be inventedNone but God to compel me to say more than I choose to sayNor is the spirit of the age to be pleaded in defenceNot a friend of giving details larger than my ascertained factsNot distinguished for their docilityNot to let the grass grow under their feetNot a single acquaintance in the place, and we glory in the factNot safe for politicians to call each other hard namesNot his custom nor that of his councillors to go to bedNot of the genus Reptilia, and could neither creep nor crouchNot strong enough to sustain many more such victoriesNot to fall asleep in the shade of a peace negotiationNot many more than two hundred Catholics were executedNot upon words but upon actionsNot for a new doctrine, but for liberty of conscienceNot of the stuff of which martyrs are made (Erasmus)Not so successful as he was picturesqueNothing could equal Alexander's fidelity, but his perfidyNothing cheap, said a citizen bitterly, but sermonsNothing was so powerful as religious differenceNotre Dame at AntwerpNowhere was the persecution of heretics more relentlessNowhere were so few unproductive consumersO God! what does man come to!Obscure were thought capable of dying natural deathsObstinate, of both sexes, to be burnedOctogenarian was past work and past mischiefOf high rank but of lamentably low capacityOften much tyranny in democracyOften necessary to be blind and deafOldenbarneveld; afterwards so illustriousOn the first day four thousand men and women were slaughteredOne-half to Philip and one-half to the Pope and Venice (slaves)One-third of Philip's effective navy was thus destroyedOne golden grain of wit into a sheet of infinite platitudeOne could neither cry nor laugh within the Spanish dominionsOne of the most contemptible and mischievous of kings (James I)Only healthy existence of the French was in a state of warOnly true religionOnly citadel against a tyrant and a conqueror was distrustOnly kept alive by milk, which he drank from a woman's breastOnly foundation fit for history,—original contemporary documentOpening an abyss between government and peopleOpposed the subjection of the magistracy by the priesthoodOration, fertile in rhetoric and barren in factsOrator was, however, delighted with his own performanceOthers that do nothing, do all, and have all the thanksOthers go to battle, says the historian, these go to warOur pot had not gone to the fire as oftenOur mortal life is but a string of guesses at the futureOutdoing himself in dogmatism and inconsistencyOver excited, when his prejudices were roughly handledPanegyrists of royal houses in the sixteenth centuryPardon for crimes already committed, or about to be committedPardon for murder, if not by poison, was cheaperPartisans wanted not accommodation but victoryParty hatred was not yet glutted with the blood it had drunkPassion is a bad schoolmistress for the memoryPast was once the Present, and once the FuturePathetic dying words of Anne BoleynPatriotism seemed an unimaginable ideaPauper client who dreamed of justice at the hands of lawPaving the way towards atheism (by toleration)Paying their passage through, purgatoryPeace founded on the only secure basis, equality of strengthPeace was desirable, it might be more dangerous than warPeace seemed only a process for arriving at warPeace and quietness is brought into a most dangerous estatePeace-at-any-price partyPeace, in reality, was war in its worst shapePeace was unattainable, war was impossible, truce was inevitablePeace would be destructionPerfection of insolencePerpetually dropping small innuendos like pebblesPersons who discussed religious matters were to be put to deathPetty passion for contemptible detailsPhilip II. gave the world work enoughPhilip of Macedon, who considered no city impregnablePhilip IV.Philip, who did not often say a great deal in a few wordsPicturesqueness of crimePlacid unconsciousness on his part of defeatPlain enough that he is telling his own storyPlanted the inquisition in the NetherlandsPlayed so long with other men's characters and good namePlea of infallibility and of authority soon becomes ridiculousPlundering the country which they came to protectPoisoning, for example, was absolved for eleven ducatsPope excommunicated him as a hereticPope and emperor maintain both positions with equal logicPortion of these revenues savoured much of black-mailPossible to do, only because we see that it has been donePot-valiant heroPower the poison of which it is so difficult to resistPower to read and write helped the clergy to much wealthPower grudged rather than given to the deputiesPractised successfully the talent of silencePray here for satiety, (said Cecil) than ever think of varietyPreferred an open enemy to a treacherous protectorPremature zeal was prejudicial to the causePresents of considerable sums of money to the negotiators madePresumption in entitling themselves ChristianPreventing wrong, or violence, even towards an enemyPriests shall control the state or the state govern the priestsPrinces show what they have in them at twenty-five or neverPrisoners were immediately hangedPrivileged to beg, because ashamed to workProceeds of his permission to eat meat on FridaysProclaiming the virginity of the Virgin's motherProcrastination was always his first refugeProgress should be by a spiral movementPromises which he knew to be binding only upon the weakProposition made by the wolves to the sheep, in the fableProtect the common tranquillity by blood, purse, and lifeProvided not one Huguenot be left alive in FrancePublic which must have a slain reputation to devourPurchased absolution for crime and smoothed a pathway to heavenPuritanism in Holland was a very different thing from EnglandPut all those to the torture out of whom anything can be gotPutting the cart before the oxenQueen is entirely in the hands of Spain and the priestsQuestioning nothing, doubting nothing, fearing nothingQuite mistaken: in supposing himself the Emperor's childRadical, one who would uproot, is a man whose trade is dangerousRarely able to command, having never learned to obeyRashness alternating with hesitationRather a wilderness to reign over than a single hereticReadiness to strike and bleed at any moment in her causeReadiness at any moment to defend dearly won libertiesRearing gorgeous temples where paupers are to kneelReasonable to pay our debts rather than to repudiate themRebuked him for his obedienceRebuked the bigotry which had already grownRecall of a foreign minister for alleged misconduct in officeReformer who becomes in his turn a bigot is doubly odiousReformers were capable of giving a lesson even to inquisitorsReligion was made the strumpet of Political AmbitionReligion was rapidly ceasing to be the line of demarcationReligion was not to be changed like a shirtReligious toleration, which is a phrase of insultReligious persecution of Protestants by ProtestantsRepentance, as usual, had come many hours too lateRepentant males to be executed with the swordRepentant females to be buried aliveRepose under one despot guaranteed to them by two othersRepose in the other world, "Repos ailleurs"Republic, which lasted two centuriesRepublics are said to be ungratefulRepudiation of national debts was never heard of beforeRequires less mention than Philip III himselfResolve to maintain the civil authority over the militaryResolved thenceforth to adopt a system of ignoranceRespect for differences in religious opinionsResult was both to abandon the provinces and to offend PhilipRevocable benefices or feudsRich enough to be worth robbingRighteous to kill their own childrenRoad to Paris lay through the gates of RomeRose superior to his doom and took captivity captiveRound game of deception, in which nobody was deceivedRoyal plans should be enforced adequately or abandoned entirelyRuinous honorsRules adopted in regard to pretenders to crownsSacked and drowned ten infant princesSacrificed by the Queen for faithfully obeying her ordersSafest citadel against an invader and a tyrant is distrustSages of every generation, read the future like a printed scrollSaint Bartholomew's daySale of absolutions was the source of large fortunes to the priestsSame conjury over ignorant baron and cowardly hindScaffold was the sole refuge from the rackScepticism, which delights in reversing the judgment of centuriesSchism in the Church had become a public factSchism which existed in the general Reformed ChurchScience of reigning was the science of lyingScoffing at the ceremonies and sacraments of the ChurchSecret drowning was substituted for public burningSecure the prizes of war without the troubles and dangersSecurity is dangerousSeeking protection for and against the peopleSeem as if born to make the idea of royalty ridiculousSeemed bent on self-destructionSeems but a change of masks, of costume, of phraseologySees the past in the pitiless light of the presentSelf-assertion—the healthful but not engaging attributeSelf-educated man, as he had been a self-taught boySelling the privilege of eating eggs upon fast-daysSenectus edam maorbus estSent them word by carrier pigeonsSentiment of Christian self-complacencySentimentality that seems highly apocryphalServed at their banquets by hosts of lackeys on their kneesSeven Spaniards were killed, and seven thousand rebelsSewers which have ever run beneath decorous ChristendomShall Slavery die, or the great Republic?Sharpened the punishment for reading the scriptures in privateShe relieth on a hope that will deceive herShe declined to be his procuressShe knew too well how women were treated in that countryShift the mantle of religion from one shoulder to the otherShutting the stable-door when the steed is stolenSick soldiers captured on the water should be hangedSick and wounded wretches were burned over slow firesSimple truth was highest skillSixteen of their best ships had been sacrificedSlain four hundred and ten men with his own handSlavery was both voluntary and compulsorySlender stock of platitudesSmall matter which human folly had dilated into a great oneSmooth words, in the plentiful lack of any substantialSo much responsibility and so little powerSo often degenerated into tyranny (Calvinism)So much in advance of his time as to favor religious equalitySo unconscious of her strengthSoldier of the cross was free upon his returnSoldiers enough to animate the good and terrify the badSolitary and morose, the necessary consequence of reckless studySome rude lessons from that vigorous little commonwealthSometimes successful, even although founded upon sinceritySonnets of PetrarchSovereignty was heaven-born, anointed of GodSpain was governed by an established terrorismSpaniards seem wise, and are madmenSparing and war have no affinity togetherSpendthrift of time, he was an economist of bloodSpirit of a man who wishes to be proud of his countrySt. Peter's dome rising a little nearer to the cloudsSt. Bartholomew was to sleep for seven years longerStake or gallows (for) heretics to transubstantiationStand between hope and fearState can best defend religion by letting it aloneStates were justified in their almost unlimited distrustSteeped to the lips in sloth which imagined itself to be prideStorm by which all these treasures were destroyed (in 7 days)Strangled his nineteen brothers on his accessionStrength does a falsehood acquire in determined and skilful handString of homely proverbs worthy of Sancho PanzaStroke of a broken table knife sharpened on a carriage wheelStudied according to his inclinations rather than by ruleStyle above all other qualities seems to embalm for posteritySubtle and dangerous enemy who wore the mask of a friendSucceeded so well, and had been requited so illSuccessful in this step, he is ready for greater onesSuch a crime as this had never been conceived (bankruptcy)Such an excuse was as bad as the accusationSuicide is confessionSuperfluous sarcasmSuppress the exercise of the Roman religionSure bind, sure findSword in hand is the best pen to write the conditions of peaceTake all their imaginations and extravagances for truthsTalked impatiently of the value of my timeTanchelynTaxation upon sinTaxed themselves as highly as fifty per centTaxes upon income and upon consumptionTempest of passion and prejudiceTen thousand two hundred and twenty individuals were burnedTension now gave place to exhaustionThat vile and mischievous animal called the peopleThat crowned criminal, Philip the SecondThat unholy trinity—Force; Dogma, and IgnoranceThat cynical commerce in human livesThat he tries to lay the fault on us is pure maliceThe tragedy of Don CarlosThe worst were encouraged with their good successThe history of the Netherlands is history of libertyThe great ocean was but a Spanish lakeThe divine speciality of a few transitory mortalsThe sapling was to become the treeThe nation which deliberately carves itself in piecesThe expenses of James's householdThe Catholic League and the Protestant UnionThe blaze of a hundred and fifty burning vesselsThe magnitude of this wonderful sovereign's littlenessThe defence of the civil authority against the priesthoodThe assassin, tortured and torn by four horsesThe Gaul was singularly unchasteThe vivifying becomes afterwards the dissolving principleThe bad Duke of Burgundy, Philip surnamed "the Good,"The greatest crime, however, was to be richThe more conclusive arbitration of gunpowderThe disunited provincesThe noblest and richest temple of the Netherlands was a wreckThe voice of slanderersThe calf is fat and must be killedThe illness was a convenient oneThe egg had been laid by Erasmus, hatched by LutherThe perpetual reproductions of historyThe very word toleration was to sound like an insultThe most thriving branch of national industry (Smuggler)The pigmy, as the late queen had been fond of nicknaming himThe slightest theft was punished with the gallowsThe art of ruling the world by doing nothingThe wisest statesmen are prone to blunder in affairs of warThe Alcoran was less cruel than the InquisitionThe People had not been inventedThe small children diminished rapidly in numbersThe busy devil of petty economyThe record of our race is essentially unwrittenThe truth in shortest about matters of importanceThe time for reasoning had passedThe effect of energetic, uncompromising calumnyThe evils resulting from a confederate system of governmentThe vehicle is often prized more than the freightThe faithful servant is always a perpetual assThe dead men of the place are my intimate friendsThe loss of hair, which brings on premature decayThe personal gifts which are nature's passport everywhereThe nation is as much bound to be honest as is the individualThe fellow mixes blood with his colors!Their existence depended on warTheir own roofs were not quite yet in a blazeTheological hatred was in full blaze throughout the countryTheology and politics were oneThere is no man who does not desire to enjoy his ownThere was but one king in Europe, Henry the BearneseThere are few inventions in moralsThere was no use in holding language of authority to himThere was apathy where there should have been enthusiasmThere is no man fitter for that purpose than myselfTherefore now denounced the man whom he had injuredThese human victims, chained and burning at the stakeThey had come to disbelieve in the mystery of kingcraftThey chose to compel no man's conscienceThey could not invent or imagine tolerationThey knew very little of us, and that little wrongThey have killed him, 'e ammazato,' cried ConciniThey were always to deceive every one, upon every occasionThey liked not such divine right nor such gentle-mindednessThey had at last burned one more preacher aliveThings he could tell which are too odious and dreadfulThirty thousand masses should be said for his soulThirty-three per cent. interest was paid (per month)Thirty Years' War tread on the heels of the forty yearsThis Somebody may have been one whom we should call NobodyThis, then, is the reward of forty years' service to the StateThis obstinate little republicThis wonderful sovereign's littleness oppresses the imaginationThose who fish in troubled waters only to fill their own netsThose who "sought to swim between two waters"Those who argue against a foregone conclusionThought that all was too little for himThousands of burned heretics had not made a single convertThree hundred fighting womenThree hundred and upwards are hanged annually in LondonThree or four hundred petty sovereigns (of Germany)Throw the cat against their legsThus Hand-werpen, hand-throwing, became AntwerpTime and myself are twoTis pity he is not an EnglishmanTo think it capable of error, is the most devilish heresy of allTo stifle for ever the right of free enquiryTo attack England it was necessary to take the road of IrelandTo hear the last solemn commonplacesTo prefer poverty to the wealth attendant upon tradeTo shirk labour, infinite numbers become priests and friarsTo doubt the infallibility of Calvin was as heinous a crimeTo negotiate with Government in England was to bribeTo milk, the cow as long as she would give milkTo work, ever to work, was the primary law of his natureTo negotiate was to bribe right and left, and at every stepTo look down upon their inferior and lost fellow creaturesToil and sacrifices of those who have preceded usTolerate another religion that his own may be toleratedTolerating religious liberty had never entered his mindToleration—that intolerable term of insultToleration thought the deadliest heresy of allTorquemada's administration (of the inquisition)Torturing, hanging, embowelling of men, women, and childrenTranquil insolenceTranquillity rather of paralysis than of healthTranquillity of despotism to the turbulence of freedomTriple marriages between the respective nurseriesTrust her sword, not her enemy's wordTwas pity, he said, that both should be hereticsTwenty assaults upon fame and had forty books killed under himTwo witnesses sent him to the stake, one witness to the rackTyrannical spirit of CalvinismTyranny, ever young and ever old, constantly reproducing herselfUncouple the dogs and let them runUnder the name of religion (so many crimes)Understood the art of managing men, particularly his superiorsUndue anxiety for impartialityUnduly dejected in adversityUnequivocal policy of slave emancipationUnimaginable outrage as the most legitimate industryUniversal suffrage was not dreamed of at that dayUnlearned their faith in bell, book, and candleUnproductive consumption being accounted most sagaciousUnproductive consumption was alarmingly increasingUnremitted intellectual labor in an honorable causeUnwise impatience for peaceUpon their knees, served the queen with wineUpon one day twenty-eight master cooks were dismissedUpper and lower millstones of royal wrath and loyal subserviencyUse of the spadeUsual phraseology of enthusiastsUsual expedient by which bad legislation on one side counteredUtter disproportions between the king's means and aimsUtter want of adaptation of his means to his endsUttering of my choler doth little ease my grief or help my caseUunmeaning phrases of barren benignityVain belief that they were men at eighteen or twentyValour on the one side and discretion on the otherVillagers, or villeinsVisible atmosphere of power the poison of whichVolatile word was thought preferable to the permanent letterVows of an eternal friendship of several weeks' durationWaiting the pleasure of a capricious and despotic womanWalk up and down the earth and destroy his fellow-creaturesWar was the normal and natural condition of mankindWar was the normal condition of ChristiansWar to compel the weakest to follow the religion of the strongestWas it astonishing that murder was more common than fidelity?Wasting time fruitlessly is sharpening the knife for himselfWe were sold by their negligence who are now angry with usWe believe our mothers to have been honest womenWe are beginning to be vexedWe must all die onceWe have been talking a little bit of truth to each otherWe have the reputation of being a good housewifeWe mustn't tickle ourselves to make ourselves laughWealth was an unpardonable sinWealthy Papists could obtain immunity by an enormous fineWeaponsWeary of place without powerWeep oftener for her children than is the usual lot of mothersWeight of a thousand years of errorWhat exchequer can accept chronic warfare and escape bankruptcyWhat could save the House of Austria, the cause of PapacyWhat was to be done in this world and believed as to the nextWhen persons of merit suffer without causeWhen all was gone, they began to eat each otherWhen the abbot has dice in his pocket, the convent will playWhether dead infants were hopelessly damnedWhether murders or stratagems, as if they were acts of virtueWhether repentance could effect salvationWhile one's friends urge moderationWho the "people" exactly wereWho loved their possessions better than their creedWhole revenue was pledged to pay the interest, on his debtsWhose mutual hatred was now artfully inflamed by partisansWilliam of Nassau, Prince of OrangeWilliam BrewsterWise and honest a man, although he be somewhat longsomeWiser simply to satisfy himselfWish to sell us the bear-skin before they have killed the bearWish to appear learned in matters of which they are ignorantWith something of feline and feminine duplicityWonder equally at human capacity to inflict and to endure miseryWonders whether it has found its harbor or only lost its anchorWord peace in Spanish mouths simply meant the Holy InquisitionWord-mongers who, could clothe one shivering thoughtWords are always interpreted to the disadvantage of the weakWork of the aforesaid Puritans and a few JesuitsWorld has rolled on to fresher fields of carnage and ruinWorn crescents in their caps at LeydenWorn nor caused to be worn the collar of the serfWorship God according to the dictates of his conscienceWould not help to burn fifty or sixty thousand NetherlandersWrath of the Jesuits at this exercise of legal authorityWrath of bigots on both sidesWrath of that injured personage as he read such libellous truthsWringing a dry cloth for drops of evidenceWrite so illegibly or express himself so awkwardlyWriting letters full of injured innocenceYes, there are wicked men aboutYesterday is the preceptor of To-morrowYou must show your teeth to the Spaniard