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 xxvii
... reign , constituted the breath of literary inspiration , soon became entirely incapable of deriving pleasure from composi- tions such as Milton's , where profligacy receives no countenance . Their religious character , therefore , once ...
... reign , constituted the breath of literary inspiration , soon became entirely incapable of deriving pleasure from composi- tions such as Milton's , where profligacy receives no countenance . Their religious character , therefore , once ...
Page xxxviii
... at Whitehall , the 13th day of August , in the 12th year of our Reign , 1660. ] * There must here be some mistake in the Proclamation , but so it is printed . In obedience to this order of the libertine despot , xxxviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... at Whitehall , the 13th day of August , in the 12th year of our Reign , 1660. ] * There must here be some mistake in the Proclamation , but so it is printed . In obedience to this order of the libertine despot , xxxviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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... , that you speak of , that is to be wholly independent upon any other , and accountable to none upon earth , which you say is peculiar to the majesty of sove- reign princes , Aristotle in the 4th book of his THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND . 45.
... , that you speak of , that is to be wholly independent upon any other , and accountable to none upon earth , which you say is peculiar to the majesty of sove- reign princes , Aristotle in the 4th book of his THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND . 45.
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John Milton. reign princes , Aristotle in the 4th book of his Pol . Ch . 10 , calls a most tyrannical form of government , and not in the least to be endured by a free people . And that kings are not liable to be questioned for their ...
John Milton. reign princes , Aristotle in the 4th book of his Pol . Ch . 10 , calls a most tyrannical form of government , and not in the least to be endured by a free people . And that kings are not liable to be questioned for their ...
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... reign , and that they are of Jupiter ; for so all of us are of God , we are all his offspring . So that this universal right of Almighty God's , and the interests that he has in princes , and their thrones , and all that belongs to them ...
... reign , and that they are of Jupiter ; for so all of us are of God , we are all his offspring . So that this universal right of Almighty God's , and the interests that he has in princes , and their thrones , and all that belongs to them ...
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