The Prose Works of John Milton: A defence of the people of England. A second defence of the people of England. EikonoklastesH.G. Bohn, 1848 - English prose literature |
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... according to their characters , men will blame or commend them , relinquish to others , bolder or less wise , the task of doing justice to those who can no longer actively vindicate them- selves . But this policy , however laudable it ...
... according to their characters , men will blame or commend them , relinquish to others , bolder or less wise , the task of doing justice to those who can no longer actively vindicate them- selves . But this policy , however laudable it ...
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... according to custom , preserved her title : and being celebrated for her talents and learning , her house would seem to have been the resort of the principal literary men of the day , among whom Milton was one ; so that his visits ...
... according to custom , preserved her title : and being celebrated for her talents and learning , her house would seem to have been the resort of the principal literary men of the day , among whom Milton was one ; so that his visits ...
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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