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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... senate and people of England , had , in the late transaction , not overstepped the strict bounds of justice , was of necessity composed in Latin , then the lan- guage of public business throughout Europe , and employed by the republic ...
... senate and people of England , had , in the late transaction , not overstepped the strict bounds of justice , was of necessity composed in Latin , then the lan- guage of public business throughout Europe , and employed by the republic ...
Page xxiv
... senate or at popular assemblies , urge forward the work of reformation . But , among those who most honourably distinguish themselves in the service of the people , advocating the cause which Milton advo- cated , and diffusing far and ...
... senate or at popular assemblies , urge forward the work of reformation . But , among those who most honourably distinguish themselves in the service of the people , advocating the cause which Milton advo- cated , and diffusing far and ...
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... senate , who contrary to the opinion of M. Tullius , and all honest men , voted to send ambassadors to M. An- tony ; and the event had been the same , but that it pleased God Almighty , in his providence , to order it otherwise , and to ...
... senate , who contrary to the opinion of M. Tullius , and all honest men , voted to send ambassadors to M. An- tony ; and the event had been the same , but that it pleased God Almighty , in his providence , to order it otherwise , and to ...
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... senators ; and that they saved the commonwealth by their arms , when the other by their votes had almost ruined it . Then he relates a great many things in a doleful lamentable strain ; but he does it so senselessly , that he seems ...
... senators ; and that they saved the commonwealth by their arms , when the other by their votes had almost ruined it . Then he relates a great many things in a doleful lamentable strain ; but he does it so senselessly , that he seems ...
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... senate . For whose sake , you say , that childish fable of the principal men of that assembly being struck dead by the angel Gabriel was first invented . And thus you con- fess , that this magnificent prerogative , upon which you seem ...
... senate . For whose sake , you say , that childish fable of the principal men of that assembly being struck dead by the angel Gabriel was first invented . And thus you con- fess , that this magnificent prerogative , upon which you seem ...
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