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Quotes and Images From Motley's History of the Netherlands · John Lothrop Motley — chapter 28 of 40 · ~232 words · public domain

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Quite mistaken: in supposing himself the Emperor's child

Radical, one who would uproot, is a man whose trade is dangerous

Rarely able to command, having never learned to obey

Rashness alternating with hesitation

Rather a wilderness to reign over than a single heretic

Readiness to strike and bleed at any moment in her cause

Readiness at any moment to defend dearly won liberties

Rearing gorgeous temples where paupers are to kneel

Reasonable to pay our debts rather than to repudiate them

Rebuked him for his obedience

Rebuked the bigotry which had already grown

Recall of a foreign minister for alleged misconduct in office

Reformer who becomes in his turn a bigot is doubly odious

Reformers were capable of giving a lesson even to inquisitors

Religion was made the strumpet of Political Ambition

Religion was rapidly ceasing to be the line of demarcation

Religion was not to be changed like a shirt

Religious toleration, which is a phrase of insult

Religious persecution of Protestants by Protestants

Repentance, as usual, had come many hours too late

Repentant males to be executed with the sword

Repentant females to be buried alive

Repose under one despot guaranteed to them by two others

Repose in the other world, "Repos ailleurs"

Republic, which lasted two centuries

Republics are said to be ungrateful

Repudiation of national debts was never heard of before

Requires less mention than Philip III himself

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