tailieunhanh - The Billow and the Rock

Scotland was a strange and uncomfortable country to live in a hundred years ago. Strange beyond measure its state of society appears to us when we consider, not only that it was called a Christian country, but that the people had shown that they really did care very much for their religion, and were bent upon worshipping God according to their conscience and true belief. Whilst earnest in their religion, their state of society was yet very wicked: a thing which usually happens when a whole people are passing from one way of living and being governed to another. Scotland had not long been united. | The Billow and the Rock by Harriet Martineau 1 CHAPTER ONE. CHAPTER TWO. CHAPTER THREE. CHAPTER FOUR. CHAPTER FIVE. CHAPTER SIX. CHAPTER SEVEN. CHAPTER EIGHT. CHAPTER NINE. CHAPTER TEN. CHAPTER ELEVEN. CHAPTER TWELVE. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Billow and the Rock by Harriet Martineau The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Billow and the Rock by Harriet Martineau This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Billow and the Rock The Billow and the Rock by Harriet Martineau Author Harriet Martineau 2 Illustrator . Wheeler Release Date October 20 2007 EBook 23115 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BILLOW AND THE ROCK Produced by Nick Hodson of London England The Billow and the Rock by Harriet Martineau. CHAPTER ONE. 3 CHAPTER ONE. LORD AND LADY CARSE. Scotland was a strange and uncomfortable country to live in a hundred years ago. Strange beyond measure its state of society appears to us when we consider not only that it was called a Christian country but that the people had shown that they really did care very much for their religion and were bent upon worshipping God according to their conscience and true belief. Whilst earnest in their religion their state of society was yet very wicked a thing which usually happens when a whole people are passing from one way of living and being governed to another. Scotland had not long been united with England. While the wisest of the nation saw that the only hope for the country was in being governed by the same king and parliament as the English many of the most powerful men wished not to be governed at all but to be altogether despotic over their dependents and .