The Prose Works of John Milton ...Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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... hath more scope or more indulgence than under tyrants . Hence is it that tyrants are not oft offended , nor stand much in doubt of bad men , as being all naturally servile ; but in whom virtue and true worth most is eminent , them they ...
... hath more scope or more indulgence than under tyrants . Hence is it that tyrants are not oft offended , nor stand much in doubt of bad men , as being all naturally servile ; but in whom virtue and true worth most is eminent , them they ...
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... hath set them - the only warrants through all ages , next under immediate revelation , to exercise supreme power- in those proceedings , which hitherto appear equal to what hath been done in any age or nation heretofore justly or ...
... hath set them - the only warrants through all ages , next under immediate revelation , to exercise supreme power- in those proceedings , which hitherto appear equal to what hath been done in any age or nation heretofore justly or ...
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... hath prevailed above the law of nature and right reason , to judge as they find cause . But this I dare own as part of my faith , that if such a one there be , by whose commission whole massacres have been com- mitted on his faithful ...
... hath prevailed above the law of nature and right reason , to judge as they find cause . But this I dare own as part of my faith , that if such a one there be , by whose commission whole massacres have been com- mitted on his faithful ...
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... hath hitherto been spoken is most true , might be copiously made appear through all stories , heathen and Chris- tian ; even of those nations where kings and emperors have sought means to abolish all ancient memory of the people's right ...
... hath hitherto been spoken is most true , might be copiously made appear through all stories , heathen and Chris- tian ; even of those nations where kings and emperors have sought means to abolish all ancient memory of the people's right ...
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... hath to govern us at all , so much right hath the king of England to govern us tyrannically . If he , though not bound to us by any league , coming from Spain in person to subdue us , or to destroy us , might lawfully by the people of ...
... hath to govern us at all , so much right hath the king of England to govern us tyrannically . If he , though not bound to us by any league , coming from Spain in person to subdue us , or to destroy us , might lawfully by the people of ...
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