Substance Of The Speech Of The Right Honourable Sir William Scott Delivered In The House Of Commons Wednesday April 7 1802 PDF Download

Excerpt from Substance of the Speech of the Right Honourable Sir William Scott, Delivered in the House of Commons, Wednesday, April 7, 1802 In short, the times were exactly those which are the least fitted in any country for a happy exercise of deliberative wisdom, lying in that precise juncture, when ancient opinions and maxims have become the objects of contempt and aversion and the new and improved system had not yet settled itself, in a firm and sober and correct possession of men's minds. The history of those times abounds with instances of the general animosity, that then prevailed against the clergy. It is a familiar anecdote in every body's mouth, of the observation made by the then Bishop of London in a letter respecting an idle and malicious charge of murder brought against his Chancellor, that a London jury was at that time so prejudiced against the clergy, that where a clergyman was concerned, they were ready to find Abel guilty of the murder of Cain. A more singular demonstration of the general prevalence of that sort of inveteracy, is recorded by one of the most exact inquirers into our national history, (particularly the ecclesiastical parts of it) Mr. H.Wharton, in his Remarks on Strype's Memorials of the Reformation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.