was always his first refuge Promises which he
knew to be binding only upon the weak Proposition
made by the wolves to the sheep, in the fable Protect
the common tranquillity by blood, purse, and life
Provided not one Huguenot be left alive in France
Purchased absolution for crime and smoothed a
pathway to heaven Put all those to the torture
out of whom anything can be got Questioning nothing,
doubting nothing, fearing nothing Quite mistaken:
in supposing himself the Emperor’s child Rashness
alternating with hesitation Readiness to strike
and bleed at any moment in her cause Rearing
gorgeous temples where paupers are to kneel Rebuked
the bigotry which had already grown Reformer
who becomes in his turn a bigot is doubly odious Reformers
were capable of giving a lesson even to inquisitors
Repentant females to be buried alive Repentant
males to be executed with the sword Republic,
which lasted two centuries Result was both to
abandon the provinces and to offend Philip Revocable
benefices or feuds Ruinous honors Saint
Bartholomew’s day Sale of absolutions was
the source of large fortunes to the priests Same
conjury over ignorant baron and cowardly hind Scaffold
was the sole refuge from the rack Scepticism,
which delights in reversing the judgment of centuries
Schism which existed in the general Reformed Church
Science of reigning was the science of lying
Scoffing at the ceremonies and sacraments of the
Church Secret drowning was substituted for public
burning Sent them word by carrier pigeons Sentimentality
that seems highly apocryphal Seven Spaniards
were killed, and seven thousand rebels Sharpened
the punishment for reading the scriptures in private
She knew too well how women were treated in that
country Sick and wounded wretches were burned
over slow fires Slavery was both voluntary and
compulsory Slender stock of platitudes So
much responsibility and so little power Soldier
of the cross was free upon his return Sometimes
successful, even although founded upon sincerity Sonnets
of Petrarch Sovereignty was heaven-born, anointed
of God Spendthrift of time, he was an economist
of blood St. Bartholomew was to sleep for seven
years longer St. Peter’s dome rising a
little nearer to the clouds Storm by which all
these treasures were destroyed (in 7 days) Superfluous
sarcasm Suppress the exercise of the Roman religion
Tanchelyn Taxation upon sin Taxes
upon income and upon consumption Ten thousand
two hundred and twenty individuals were burned That
vile and mischievous animal called the people The
noblest and richest temple of the Netherlands was a
wreck The Gaul was singularly unchaste The
vivifying becomes afterwards the dissolving principle
The bad Duke of Burgundy, Philip surnamed “the
Good,” The greatest crime, however, was
to be rich The more conclusive arbitration of
gunpowder The disunited provinces The faithful
servant is always a perpetual ass The time for
reasoning had passed The perpetual reproductions
of history The egg had been laid by Erasmus,