The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... Roman senate , who contrary to the opinion of M. Tullius , and all honest men , voted to send ambassadors to M. An- tony ; and the event had been the same , but that it pleased God Almighty , in his providence , to order it otherwise ...
... Roman senate , who contrary to the opinion of M. Tullius , and all honest men , voted to send ambassadors to M. An- tony ; and the event had been the same , but that it pleased God Almighty , in his providence , to order it otherwise ...
Page 49
... Rome had been a commonwealth still . And we all know , that when it was so ... senate and the people , and their interest in all things : we are so far ... Romans , for his successor , if they should think he deserved it . So far was he ...
... Rome had been a commonwealth still . And we all know , that when it was so ... senate and the people , and their interest in all things : we are so far ... Romans , for his successor , if they should think he deserved it . So far was he ...
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... senate of Rome ; what then ? No law that is grounded upon a reason ex- pressly set down in the law itself obligeth ... Roman senate that St. Peter directed his epistle to . Now let us hear what use you make of St. Paul , ( for you take a ...
... senate of Rome ; what then ? No law that is grounded upon a reason ex- pressly set down in the law itself obligeth ... Roman senate that St. Peter directed his epistle to . Now let us hear what use you make of St. Paul , ( for you take a ...
Page 69
... Romans , not to strangers dispersed , as Peter did ; but , however , he writes to private persons , and those of the ... senate , was above himself ; and the same principle and notion of government has obtained all along in civilized ...
... Romans , not to strangers dispersed , as Peter did ; but , however , he writes to private persons , and those of the ... senate , was above himself ; and the same principle and notion of government has obtained all along in civilized ...
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... Roman senate governed the people , the people themselves had appointed them to be their governors , and had put that power into their hands . We read the term of majesty more frequently applied to the people of Rome than to their kings ...
... Roman senate governed the people , the people themselves had appointed them to be their governors , and had put that power into their hands . We read the term of majesty more frequently applied to the people of Rome than to their kings ...
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