Quotations From John L. Motley Works

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Dutch Republic, Introduction I. by Motley [#1][jm01v10.txt]4801 Dutch Republic, Introduction II. by Motley [#2][jm02v10.txt]4802 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555 by Motley [#3][jm03v10.txt]4803 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-59 by Motley [#4][jm04v10.txt]4804 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1559-60 by Motley [#5][jm05v10.txt]4805 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1560-61 by Motley [#6][jm06v10.txt]4806 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1561-62 by Motley [#7][jm07v10.txt]4807 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1563-64 by Motley [#8][jm08v10.txt]4808 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1564-65 by Motley [#9][jm09v10.txt]4809 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566 by Motley[#10][jm10v10.txt]4810 Entire 1555-66 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#11][jm11v10.txt]4811 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566 by Motley[#12][jm12v10.txt]4812 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567 by Motley[#13][jm13v10.txt]4813 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567 by Motley[#14][jm14v10.txt]4814 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1568 by Motley[#15][jm15v10.txt]4815 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1568 by Motley[#16][jm16v10.txt]4816 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1569-70 by Motley[#17][jm17v10.txt]4817 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1570-72 by Motley[#18][jm18v10.txt]4818 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1572 by Motley[#19][jm19v10.txt]4819 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1572-73 by Motley[#20][jm20v10.txt]4820 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1573 by Motley[#21][jm21v10.txt]4821 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1573-74 by Motley[#22][jm22v10.txt]4822 Entire 1566-74 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#23][jm23v10.txt]4823 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1574-76 by Motley[#24][jm24v10.txt]4824 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576 by Motley[#25][jm25v10.txt]4825 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576-77 by Motley[#26][jm26v10.txt]4826 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577 by Motley[#27][jm27v10.txt]4827 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577 by Motley[#28][jm28v10.txt]4828 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577-78 by Motley[#29][jm29v10.txt]4829 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 by Motley[#30][jm30v10.txt]4830 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578 by Motley[#31][jm31v10.txt]4831 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1579-80 by Motley[#32][jm32v10.txt]4832 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1580-82 by Motley[#33][jm33v10.txt]4833 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1582-84 by Motley[#34][jm34v10.txt]4834 Entire 1574-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#35][jm35v10.txt]4835 Entire 1555-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#36][jm36v10.txt]4836 History United Netherlands, 1584 by Motley[#37][jm37v10.txt]4837 History United Netherlands, 1584-85 by Motley[#38][jm38v10.txt]4838 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#39][jm39v10.txt]4839 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#40][jm40v10.txt]4840 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#41][jm41v10.txt]4841 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#42][jm42v10.txt]4842 History United Netherlands, 1585 by Motley[#43][jm43v10.txt]4843 History United Netherlands, 1585-86 by Motley[#44][jm44v10.txt]4844 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#45][jm45v10.txt]4845 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#46][jm46v10.txt]4846 Entire 1584-86 United Netherlands, by Motley[#47][jm47v10.txt]4847 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#48][jm48v10.txt]4848 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#49][jm49v10.txt]4849 History United Netherlands, 1586 by Motley[#50][jm50v10.txt]4850 History United Netherlands, 1587 by Motley[#51][jm51v10.txt]4851 History United Netherlands, 1587 by Motley[#52][jm52v10.txt]4852 History United Netherlands, 1587 by Motley[#53][jm53v10.txt]4853 History United Netherlands, 1587 by Motley[#54][jm54v10.txt]4854 History United Netherlands, 1588 by Motley[#55][jm55v10.txt]4855 History United Netherlands, 1588 by Motley[#56][jm56v10.txt]4856 History United Netherlands, 1588 by Motley[#57][jm57v10.txt]4857 History United Netherlands, 1588 by Motley[#58][jm58v10.txt]4858 History United Netherlands, 1588-89 by Motley[#59][jm59v10.txt]4859 Entire 1586-89 United Netherlands, by Motley[#60][jm60v10.txt]4860 History United Netherlands, 1590 by Motley[#61][jm61v10.txt]4861 History United Netherlands, 1590 by Motley[#62][jm62v10.txt]4862 History United Netherlands, 1590-92 by Motley[#63][jm63v10.txt]4863 History United Netherlands, 1592 by Motley[#64][jm64v10.txt]4864 History United Netherlands, 1592-94 by Motley[#65][jm65v10.txt]4865 History United Netherlands, 1594 by Motley[#66][jm66v10.txt]4866 History United Netherlands, 1595 by Motley[#67][jm67v10.txt]4867 History United Netherlands, 1595-96 by Motley[#68][jm68v10.txt]4868 History United Netherlands, 1597-98 by Motley[#69][jm69v10.txt]4869 History United Netherlands, 1598 by Motley[#70][jm70v10.txt]4870 History United Netherlands, 1598-99 by Motley[#71][jm71v10.txt]4871 Entire 1590-99 United Netherlands, by Motley[#72][jm72v10.txt]4872 History United Netherlands, 1600 by Motley[#73][jm73v10.txt]4873 History United Netherlands, 1600-02 by Motley[#74][jm74v10.txt]4874 History United Netherlands, 1602-03 by Motley[#75][jm75v10.txt]4875 History United Netherlands, 1603-04 by Motley[#76][jm76v10.txt]4876 History United Netherlands, 1604-05 by Motley[#77][jm77v10.txt]4877 History United Netherlands, 1605-07 by Motley[#78][jm78v10.txt]4878 History United Netherlands, 1607 by Motley[#79][jm79v10.txt]4879 History United Netherlands, 1607 by Motley[#80][jm80v10.txt]4880 History United Netherlands, 1608 by Motley[#81][jm81v10.txt]4881 History United Netherlands, 1608 by Motley[#82][jm82v10.txt]4882 History United Netherlands, 1609 by Motley[#83][jm83v10.txt]4883 Entire 1600-09 United Netherlands, by Motley[#84][jm84v10.txt]4884 Entire 1584-1609 United Netherland, by Motley[#85][jm85v10.txt]4885 Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-10 by Motley[#86][jm86v10.txt]4886 Life of John of Barneveld, 1610 by Motley[#87][jm87v10.txt]4887 Life of John of Barneveld, 1610 by Motley[#88][jm88v10.txt]4888 Life of John of Barneveld, 1610-12 by Motley[#89][jm89v10.txt]4889 Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-14 by Motley[#90][jm90v10.txt]4890 Life of John of Barneveld, 1613-15 by Motley[#91][jm91v10.txt]4891 Entire 1609-15 John of Barneveld, by Motley[#92][jm92v10.txt]4892 Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-17 by Motley[#93][jm93v10.txt]4893 Life of John of Barneveld, 1617 by Motley[#94][jm94v10.txt]4894 Life of John of Barneveld, 1618 by Motley[#95][jm95v10.txt]4895 Life of John of Barneveld, 1618-19 by Motley[#96][jm96v10.txt]4896 Life of John of Barneveld, 1619-23 by Motley[#97][jm97v10.txt]4897 Entire 1614-23 John of Barneveld, by Motley [#98][jm98v10.txt]4898 Entire 1609-23 John of Barneveld, by Motley [#99][jm99v10.txt]4899 Memoir of John L. Motley, v1, O.W. Holmes [OWH#11][oh11v10.txt]4725 Memoir of John L. Motley, v2, O.W. Holmes [OWH#12][oh12v10.txt]4726 Memoir of John L. Motley, v3, O.W. Holmes [OWH#13][oh13v10.txt]4727 Memoir of John L. Motley, All, O.W. Holmes[OWH#14][oh14v10.txt]4728 Entire PG edition The Netherlands, by Motley[#100][jm00v10.txt]4900

QUOTATIONS FROM THE HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS BY JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY

DUTCH REPUBLIC, INTRODUCTION I. by Motley [#1][jm01v10.txt]4801

A country disinherited by nature of its rights A pleasantry called voluntary contributions or benevolences Annual harvest of iniquity by which his revenue was increased Batavian legion was the imperial body guard Beating the Netherlanders into Christianity Bishop is a consecrated pirate Brethren, parents, and children, having wives in common For women to lament, for men to remember Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies Great science of political equilibrium Holland, England, and America, are all links of one chain Long succession of so many illustrious obscure Others go to battle, says the historian, these go to war Revocable benefices or feuds Taxation upon sin The Gaul was singularly unchaste

DUTCH REPUBLIC, INTRODUCTION II. by Motley [#2][jm02v10.txt]4802

Absolution for incest was afforded at thirty-six livres Achieved the greatness to which they had not been born Advancing age diminished his tendency to other carnal pleasures All his disciples and converts are to be punished with death All reading of the scriptures (forbidden) Altercation between Luther and Erasmus, upon predestination An hereditary papacy, a perpetual pope-emperor Announced his approaching marriage with the Virgin Mary As ready as papists, with age, fagot, and excommunication Attacking the authority of the pope Bold reformer had only a new dogma in place of the old ones Charles the Fifth autocrat of half the world Condemning all heretics to death Craft meaning, simply, strength Criminal whose guilt had been established by the hot iron Criminals buying Paradise for money Crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs Democratic instincts of the ancient German savages Denies the utility of prayers for the dead Difference between liberties and liberty Dispute between Luther and Zwingli concerning the real presence Divine right Drank of the water in which, he had washed Enormous wealth (of the Church) which engendered the hatred Erasmus encourages the bold friar Erasmus of Rotterdam Even for the rape of God's mother, if that were possible Executions of Huss and Jerome of Prague Fable of divine right is invented to sanction the system Felix Mants, the anabaptist, is drowned at Zurich Few, even prelates were very dutiful to the pope Fiction of apostolic authority to bind and loose Fishermen and river raftsmen become ocean adventurers For myself I am unworthy of the honor (of martyrdom) Forbids all private assemblies for devotion Force clerical--the power of clerks Great Privilege, the Magna Charta of Holland Guarantees of forgiveness for every imaginable sin Halcyon days of ban, book and candle Heresy was a plant of early growth in the Netherlands In Holland, the clergy had neither influence nor seats Invented such Christian formulas as these (a curse) July 1st, two Augustine monks were burned at Brussels King of Zion to be pinched to death with red-hot tongs Labored under the disadvantage of never having existed Learn to tremble as little at priestcraft as at swordcraft Many greedy priests, of lower rank, had turned shop-keepers No one can testify but a householder Not of the stuff of which martyrs are made (Erasmus) Nowhere was the persecution of heretics more relentless Obstinate, of both sexes, to be burned One golden grain of wit into a sheet of infinite platitude Pardon for crimes already committed, or about to be committed Pardon for murder, if not by poison, was cheaper Paying their passage through, purgatory Poisoning, for example, was absolved for eleven ducats Pope and emperor maintain both positions with equal logic Power to read and write helped the clergy to much wealth Readiness to strike and bleed at any moment in her cause Repentant females to be buried alive Repentant males to be executed with the sword Sale of absolutions was the source of large fortunes to the priests Same conjury over ignorant baron and cowardly hind Scoffing at the ceremonies and sacraments of the Church Sharpened the punishment for reading the scriptures in private Slavery was both voluntary and compulsory Soldier of the cross was free upon his return St. Peter's dome rising a little nearer to the clouds Tanchelyn The bad Duke of Burgundy, Philip surnamed "the Good," The egg had been laid by Erasmus, hatched by Luther The vivifying becomes afterwards the dissolving principle Thousands of burned heretics had not made a single convert Thus Hand-werpen, hand-throwing, became Antwerp To prefer poverty to the wealth attendant upon trade Tranquillity of despotism to the turbulence of freedom Villagers, or villeins

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