The Prose Works of John Milton ...Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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... king's own son ? We need not put him to the torture ; he confesses why . " At the king's charge , " says he . O mercenary and chargeable advocate ! could you not afford to write a defence for Charles the father , whom you pretend to ...
... king's own son ? We need not put him to the torture ; he confesses why . " At the king's charge , " says he . O mercenary and chargeable advocate ! could you not afford to write a defence for Charles the father , whom you pretend to ...
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... king upon a stage , a man in a vizor , and acting the part of a king in a play ; he is not really a king . But as for these gallicisms , that are so frequent in your book , I won't lash you for them myself , for I am not at leisure ...
... king upon a stage , a man in a vizor , and acting the part of a king in a play ; he is not really a king . But as for these gallicisms , that are so frequent in your book , I won't lash you for them myself , for I am not at leisure ...
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... king of Great Britain's defender , who himself was styled the Defender of the Faith . ' For my part , I think you de- serve your titles both alike ; for the king defended the faith , and you have defended him , so that , betwixt you ...
... king of Great Britain's defender , who himself was styled the Defender of the Faith . ' For my part , I think you de- serve your titles both alike ; for the king defended the faith , and you have defended him , so that , betwixt you ...
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... king's story , as to make your own empty intended flourishes go off the better . For " being now about to give us an ... king . Alas ! there is a great difference betwixt them . Our fathers begot us . Our king made not us , but we him ...
... king's story , as to make your own empty intended flourishes go off the better . For " being now about to give us an ... king . Alas ! there is a great difference betwixt them . Our fathers begot us . Our king made not us , but we him ...
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... king be subject to the same law , which certainly is a most just one ? especially considering that a father cannot by any possibility divest himself of that relation , but a king may easily make himself neither king nor father of his ...
... king be subject to the same law , which certainly is a most just one ? especially considering that a father cannot by any possibility divest himself of that relation , but a king may easily make himself neither king nor father of his ...
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