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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... king's own son ? We need not put him to the torture ; he confesses why . " At the king's charge , " says he . O mercenary and chargeable advocate ! could you not afford to write a defence for Charles the father , whom you pretend to ...
... king's own son ? We need not put him to the torture ; he confesses why . " At the king's charge , " says he . O mercenary and chargeable advocate ! could you not afford to write a defence for Charles the father , whom you pretend to ...
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... king in a play ; he is not really a king . But as for these gallicisms , that are so frequent in your book , I won't lash you for them myself , for I am not at leisure ; but shall deliver you over to your fellow - grammarians , to be ...
... king in a play ; he is not really a king . But as for these gallicisms , that are so frequent in your book , I won't lash you for them myself , for I am not at leisure ; but shall deliver you over to your fellow - grammarians , to be ...
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... king perhaps may be beholden to the answer I give to it , for being looked into now and then . And I would entreat ... king of Great Britain's defender , who himself was styled the " Defender of the Faith . " For my part , I think you de ...
... king perhaps may be beholden to the answer I give to it , for being looked into now and then . And I would entreat ... king of Great Britain's defender , who himself was styled the " Defender of the Faith . " For my part , I think you de ...
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... king's story , as to make your own empty intended flourishes go off the better . For " being now about to give us an ... king . Alas ! there is a great difference betwixt them . Our fathers begot us . Our king made not us , but we him ...
... king's story , as to make your own empty intended flourishes go off the better . For " being now about to give us an ... king . Alas ! there is a great difference betwixt them . Our fathers begot us . Our king made not us , but we him ...
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... king be subject to the same law , which certainly is a most just one ? especially considering that a father cannot by any possibility divest himself of that relation , but a king may easily make himself neither king nor father of his ...
... king be subject to the same law , which certainly is a most just one ? especially considering that a father cannot by any possibility divest himself of that relation , but a king may easily make himself neither king nor father of his ...
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