| 1839 - 618 pages
...regeneration of Sweden, her restoration to the rank of a moral nation, will probably be effected by a virtuous labouring population influencing a priesthood...flocks they should instruct; the latter dissolute, iiile, dependent on court favour, and independent of moral characler or public opinion.' (P. 180.)... | |
| 1849 - 556 pages
...class ; the former, too far removed by corporate and political rights from the condition of the class they should instruct ; the latter, dissolute, idle,...independent of moral character or public opinion." — Laing's Observations on Sweden. In the eyes, then, of an impartial inquirer, Swedish Lutheranism... | |
| Christianity - 1849 - 528 pages
...called into existence by our manufacturing prosperity. Here the impulse will come from below. It will^ea virtuous, labouring population, influencing a priesthood...corporate and political rights from the condition of the class they should instruct ; the latter, dissolute, idle, dependent on court favour, and independent... | |
| English literature - 1839 - 578 pages
...regeneration of Sweden, her restoration to the rank of a moral nation, will probably be effected by a virtuous labouring population influencing a priesthood...independent of moral character or public opinion.' — (P. 180.) Neither are there wanting the seeds of civil liberty, and of a better order and distribution... | |
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