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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... parliament , for a cer- tain time only ; and consisting of forty persons , for the most part members of parliament , any one of whom may be president if the rest vote him into the chair . And there is nothing more common than for our ...
... parliament , for a cer- tain time only ; and consisting of forty persons , for the most part members of parliament , any one of whom may be president if the rest vote him into the chair . And there is nothing more common than for our ...
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... parliament , though he had killed the king and his father ; and not only so , but he dissolved the parliament , lest the matter should be inquired into . " Solomon oppressed the people with heavy taxes ; " but he spent that money upon ...
... parliament , though he had killed the king and his father ; and not only so , but he dissolved the parliament , lest the matter should be inquired into . " Solomon oppressed the people with heavy taxes ; " but he spent that money upon ...
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... parliament - house ? Do you therefore call the right of the parliament , to whom it properly and originally belongs to take care of the liberty of the people both in peace and war , a military power ? But it is no wonder that those ...
... parliament - house ? Do you therefore call the right of the parliament , to whom it properly and originally belongs to take care of the liberty of the people both in peace and war , a military power ? But it is no wonder that those ...
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... parliament , since the king " summons them ? " I will tell you why ; because the consuls used to indict a meeting of the senate , yet were they not lords over that council . When the king therefore summons or calls to- gether a parliament ...
... parliament , since the king " summons them ? " I will tell you why ; because the consuls used to indict a meeting of the senate , yet were they not lords over that council . When the king therefore summons or calls to- gether a parliament ...
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... parliament . " You would not trifle thus , if you had any guts in your brains . You are mistaken again ( but there is no end to your mistakes ) in not distinguishing the king's counsellors from the states of the realm : for neither ...
... parliament . " You would not trifle thus , if you had any guts in your brains . You are mistaken again ( but there is no end to your mistakes ) in not distinguishing the king's counsellors from the states of the realm : for neither ...
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