The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1848 - Essays |
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Page 8
... lives were shortened through the rigour of that persecution , wherewith so many years he infested the true church . " " Yet here , " in the Eikon Basilikè , he asks , " whose innocent blood he hath shed , what widows ' or orphans ...
... lives were shortened through the rigour of that persecution , wherewith so many years he infested the true church . " " Yet here , " in the Eikon Basilikè , he asks , " whose innocent blood he hath shed , what widows ' or orphans ...
Page 13
... lives and estates by the tenure of his mere grace and mercy , as from a god , not a mortal magistrate ; a position that none but court - parasites or men besotted would maintain ! Aristotle , therefore , whom we commonly allow for one ...
... lives and estates by the tenure of his mere grace and mercy , as from a god , not a mortal magistrate ; a position that none but court - parasites or men besotted would maintain ! Aristotle , therefore , whom we commonly allow for one ...
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... live at peace with them and brotherly accord . Let them beware an old and perfect enemy , who , though he hope by sowing discord to make them his instruments , yet cannot forbear a minute the open threatening of his destined revenge ...
... live at peace with them and brotherly accord . Let them beware an old and perfect enemy , who , though he hope by sowing discord to make them his instruments , yet cannot forbear a minute the open threatening of his destined revenge ...
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... lives of many to love innocence and justice ; which if ye also shall do , ye shall be honoured . But if ye shall go on to rage and do violence , ye shall be trampled on by all men . " + " When the Roman empire , or any other , shall ...
... lives of many to love innocence and justice ; which if ye also shall do , ye shall be honoured . But if ye shall go on to rage and do violence , ye shall be trampled on by all men . " + " When the Roman empire , or any other , shall ...
Page 47
... live to taste of the constitutional freedom we enjoy , Milton had always in view the opposing of absolute monarchy , or mere despotism ; he had had no experience of any other . To lawful constitu- tional princes he constantly teaches ...
... live to taste of the constitutional freedom we enjoy , Milton had always in view the opposing of absolute monarchy , or mere despotism ; he had had no experience of any other . To lawful constitu- tional princes he constantly teaches ...
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