Report of the Committee of the House of Commons respecting Corn ... (186) FINANCE.-Resolutions moved by Mr. Tierney in the House of Commons, Counter-Resolutions moved by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exclie Speech of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, in the Senate-Chamber, at Washington, on November 22, 1800, Speech of the President of the American States on taking the Oaths to the Method of teaching Logic and Religion to the Deaf and Dumb... [121] On the Importance of the Principle of Association in educating Youth. Account of the Discovery of Silver in Herland Copper-Mine ............... · [149] Conclusion of Dr. Herschel's Observations to investigate the Nature of the THE HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE, LITERATURE, AND TASTE, IN GREAT BRITAIN, DURING THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES II. THE PART V. 'HE anecdotes of a civil war are the history of destruction in all ages the mob have vented their hatred to tyrants on the pomp of tyranny; the magnificence which the people once have envied, they love to demolish; and, mistaking consequences for causes, the first objects of their fury are the palaces of their masters: if religion is thrown into the dispute, the most innocent acts are catalogued with sins. This was the case in the contests between Charles the First and his parliament; as he had blended love of the fine arts with a lust of power, scrupulosity and ignorance were adopted into the creed which comprised the liberties of the subject. By the presbyterians, painting was considered idolatry; monuments were deemed pride; and an ornamented cathedral supposed to be alike prohibited by Magna Charta and the Bible. The restoration of royalty brought back the artsbut not taste. Charles the Second had a turn to mechanics 1801. b -none |