The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page v
... according to the character of him who views them , are either an assemblage of coarse contrivances , in- tended to enable a certain number of human creatures to eat and drink , and grow fat at their ease ; or they are a set of laws and ...
... according to the character of him who views them , are either an assemblage of coarse contrivances , in- tended to enable a certain number of human creatures to eat and drink , and grow fat at their ease ; or they are a set of laws and ...
Page xxiii
... according to this suppo- sition , are to be considered above the mental reach even of literary men . Indeed , the theory of this writer would , if true , wholly ex- culpate us as a nation from all blame for laying them aside , and ...
... according to this suppo- sition , are to be considered above the mental reach even of literary men . Indeed , the theory of this writer would , if true , wholly ex- culpate us as a nation from all blame for laying them aside , and ...
Page xxxv
... according to him , the choice of putting into the king's book whatever they pleased , were so silly as to introduce what it required considerable malice to find fault with ! To justify their harsh censures , why did they not in- sert ...
... according to him , the choice of putting into the king's book whatever they pleased , were so silly as to introduce what it required considerable malice to find fault with ! To justify their harsh censures , why did they not in- sert ...
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... according as the weight of the subject requires ; if I take the same course in handling almost the greatest subject that ever was ( without being too tedious in it ) I am in hopes of attaining two things , which indeed I earnestly ...
... according as the weight of the subject requires ; if I take the same course in handling almost the greatest subject that ever was ( without being too tedious in it ) I am in hopes of attaining two things , which indeed I earnestly ...
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... according to the doctrine of Christainity , they united themselves into churches . Civil societies have laws , and churches have a discipline peculiar to them- selves , and far differing from each other . And this has been the occasion ...
... according to the doctrine of Christainity , they united themselves into churches . Civil societies have laws , and churches have a discipline peculiar to them- selves , and far differing from each other . And this has been the occasion ...
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