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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Page ii
... interest in the affairs of mankind ; as some- thing which should , perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of civil wisdom to inferior persons ; which was doubtless the notion Plato ...
... interest in the affairs of mankind ; as some- thing which should , perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of civil wisdom to inferior persons ; which was doubtless the notion Plato ...
Page iii
... interests of society , and in which civil precedence was obtained on other grounds than virtue and public services . He saw not , nor is it very clear what useful or worthy purpose could be served by con- sidering the religious , the ...
... interests of society , and in which civil precedence was obtained on other grounds than virtue and public services . He saw not , nor is it very clear what useful or worthy purpose could be served by con- sidering the religious , the ...
Page iv
... interest , of the inanimate world , must pour over it traditions , legends , super- stitions , connecting it with man ; in other words , must clothe it with human sympathies . For , after all , landscapes are only valuable as a ...
... interest , of the inanimate world , must pour over it traditions , legends , super- stitions , connecting it with man ; in other words , must clothe it with human sympathies . For , after all , landscapes are only valuable as a ...
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... interests of the nation . Every man who honestly advocated the rights of the people was called a demagogue ; to hope for a better condition for the poor was to be a visionary ; virtue was hypocrisy ; and religion , because it prevailed ...
... interests of the nation . Every man who honestly advocated the rights of the people was called a demagogue ; to hope for a better condition for the poor was to be a visionary ; virtue was hypocrisy ; and religion , because it prevailed ...
Page xix
... interests or of his fears ; but throwing himself impetuously into the current of the times , maintained with unparalleled ardour and elo- quence the cause of the people . The die had already been cast ; England was a republic ; its late ...
... interests or of his fears ; but throwing himself impetuously into the current of the times , maintained with unparalleled ardour and elo- quence the cause of the people . The die had already been cast ; England was a republic ; its late ...
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