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Remonst . Their names , persons , qualities , numbers , I care not to know . Answ .
Their names are known to the all - knowing Power above ; and in the meanwhile ,
doubtless , they reck not whether you or your nomenclator know them or not .
Remonst . Their names , persons , qualities , numbers , I care not to know . Answ .
Their names are known to the all - knowing Power above ; and in the meanwhile ,
doubtless , they reck not whether you or your nomenclator know them or not .
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John Milton. Remonst . But could they say my name is Legion , for we are many ?
Answ . Wherefore should ye begin with the devil's name , descanting upon the
number of your opponents ? Wherefore hat conceit of Legion with a by - wipe ?
John Milton. Remonst . But could they say my name is Legion , for we are many ?
Answ . Wherefore should ye begin with the devil's name , descanting upon the
number of your opponents ? Wherefore hat conceit of Legion with a by - wipe ?
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Remonst . The Areopagi ! who were those ? Truly , my masters , I had thought this
had been the name of the place , not of the men . Answ . A soar - eagle would not
stoop at a fly ; but sure some pedagogue stood at your elbow , and made it itch ...
Remonst . The Areopagi ! who were those ? Truly , my masters , I had thought this
had been the name of the place , not of the men . Answ . A soar - eagle would not
stoop at a fly ; but sure some pedagogue stood at your elbow , and made it itch ...
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Remonst . A point no less essential to that proposed remonstrance . Answ . We
know where the shoe wrings you , you fret and are galled at the quick ; and O
what a death it is to the prelates to be thus unvisarded , thus uncased , to have
the ...
Remonst . A point no less essential to that proposed remonstrance . Answ . We
know where the shoe wrings you , you fret and are galled at the quick ; and O
what a death it is to the prelates to be thus unvisarded , thus uncased , to have
the ...
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Remonst . I beseech , you , brethren , spend your logic upon your own works .
Answ . The peremptory analysis that you call it ... Remonst . Those verbal
exceptions are but light froth , and will sink alone . Answ . O rare subtlety , beyond
all that ...
Remonst . I beseech , you , brethren , spend your logic upon your own works .
Answ . The peremptory analysis that you call it ... Remonst . Those verbal
exceptions are but light froth , and will sink alone . Answ . O rare subtlety , beyond
all that ...
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| Title | The Prose Works of John Milton ... Bohn's Standard Library Volume 3 of The Prose Works of John Milton, John Milton |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2020 |
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