The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1848 - Essays |
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... Roman Persecutions . ' Not to speak of those many whippings , pillories , and other corporal inflictions , whereof his reign also , before this war , was not unbloody : some have died in prison under cruel restraint , others in ...
... Roman Persecutions . ' Not to speak of those many whippings , pillories , and other corporal inflictions , whereof his reign also , before this war , was not unbloody : some have died in prison under cruel restraint , others in ...
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... Romans , who took occasion from Tarquinius , a wicked prince , to gain their liberty , which to have extorted , saith he , from Numa , or any of the good kings before , had not been seasonable . Nor was it in the former example done ...
... Romans , who took occasion from Tarquinius , a wicked prince , to gain their liberty , which to have extorted , saith he , from Numa , or any of the good kings before , had not been seasonable . Nor was it in the former example done ...
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... Romans , as their prime authors witness , held it not only lawful , but a glorious and heroic deed , rewarded pub ... Roman people on tyrannicide ; and the passage is prefaced by the remark , that when a man begins to entertain doubts ...
... Romans , as their prime authors witness , held it not only lawful , but a glorious and heroic deed , rewarded pub ... Roman people on tyrannicide ; and the passage is prefaced by the remark , that when a man begins to entertain doubts ...
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... Roman empire decaying , quitted and relinquished what right they had by conquest to this island , and resigned it ... Romans , ) and by the same right , when they apprehended cause , usually de- posed and put them to death . This is the ...
... Roman empire decaying , quitted and relinquished what right they had by conquest to this island , and resigned it ... Romans , ) and by the same right , when they apprehended cause , usually de- posed and put them to death . This is the ...
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... Roman empire , or any other , shall begin o oppress religion , and we negligently suffer it , we are as much guilty of religion so violated , as the oppressors them- selves . " " Now - a - days monarchs pretend always in their titles to ...
... Roman empire , or any other , shall begin o oppress religion , and we negligently suffer it , we are as much guilty of religion so violated , as the oppressors them- selves . " " Now - a - days monarchs pretend always in their titles to ...
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