The prose works of John Milton, with prelim. remarks and notes by J.A. St. John, Volume 2 |
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... . 14 :) " When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee , and shalt say , I will set a king over me , like as all the nations about me . " These words confirm us that the right of choosing , 14 THE TENURE OF KINGS.
... . 14 :) " When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee , and shalt say , I will set a king over me , like as all the nations about me . " These words confirm us that the right of choosing , 14 THE TENURE OF KINGS.
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... land over , and crying for vengeance against the living that should have righted them ? Who knows not that there is a mutual bond of amity and brotherhood between man and man over all the world , neither is it the English sea that can ...
... land over , and crying for vengeance against the living that should have righted them ? Who knows not that there is a mutual bond of amity and brotherhood between man and man over all the world , neither is it the English sea that can ...
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... of all liberty , to dispose and economize in the land which God hath given them , as masters of family in their own house and free inheritance . Without VOL . II . D which natural and essential power of a free nation , AND MAGISTRATES . 33.
... of all liberty , to dispose and economize in the land which God hath given them , as masters of family in their own house and free inheritance . Without VOL . II . D which natural and essential power of a free nation , AND MAGISTRATES . 33.
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... lands and inheritance whereto he is born , because he is not able to use them aright : and especially ought in no case be suffered to have the government of a whole nation ; but there is no such evil can come to the commonwealth by ...
... lands and inheritance whereto he is born , because he is not able to use them aright : and especially ought in no case be suffered to have the government of a whole nation ; but there is no such evil can come to the commonwealth by ...
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... lands , that cities and signiories heard them gladly , and with great respect , if they had aught in public to admonish the state . Thus did Dion * Greek authors were in those times diligently studied , at least by all who aimed at ...
... lands , that cities and signiories heard them gladly , and with great respect , if they had aught in public to admonish the state . Thus did Dion * Greek authors were in those times diligently studied , at least by all who aimed at ...
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Page 524 - But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Page 479 - ... to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...
Page 457 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Page 89 - Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them.
Page 540 - STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath, made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Page 358 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 92 - ... there be pens and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas, wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation; others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing...
Page 447 - I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
Page 479 - ... victorious agonies of martyrs and saints, the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations, doing valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ ; to deplore the general relapses of kingdoms and states from justice and God's true worship. Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime ; in virtue amiable or grave ; whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within...