The Prose Works of John Milton ...Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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... ment • CHAP . XVIII . - Upon the Uxbridge Treaty , & c . CHAP . XIX . - Upon the Various Events of the War . CHAP . XX . - Upon the Reformation of the Times CHAP . XXI . - Upon his Letters taken and divulged . CHAP . XXII . - Upon his ...
... ment • CHAP . XVIII . - Upon the Uxbridge Treaty , & c . CHAP . XIX . - Upon the Various Events of the War . CHAP . XX . - Upon the Reformation of the Times CHAP . XXI . - Upon his Letters taken and divulged . CHAP . XXII . - Upon his ...
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... ment into an instrument for effecting their own purposes , careless whether they thwarted or advanced the interests of the nation . Every man who honestly advocated the rights of the people was called a demagogue ; to hope for a better ...
... ment into an instrument for effecting their own purposes , careless whether they thwarted or advanced the interests of the nation . Every man who honestly advocated the rights of the people was called a demagogue ; to hope for a better ...
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... ment of liberty , religious and civil . By this horde of unprincipled sophists the defender of the people of England was maliciously confounded with that host of nameless fanatics that , during the troubles of the commonwealth , had ...
... ment of liberty , religious and civil . By this horde of unprincipled sophists the defender of the people of England was maliciously confounded with that host of nameless fanatics that , during the troubles of the commonwealth , had ...
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... ment ; and as Milton rises higher and higher towards the zenith , Johnson must set . They cannot dwell together in the same heaven of fame , or if they do , Johnson's star must " pale its ineffectual fire " in the neighbourhood of ...
... ment ; and as Milton rises higher and higher towards the zenith , Johnson must set . They cannot dwell together in the same heaven of fame , or if they do , Johnson's star must " pale its ineffectual fire " in the neighbourhood of ...
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... ment ; and he hated all men of similar predilections . But if , inde- pendently of politics , he considered him a good , religious man , he should have abstained from writing his Life , knowing it is impossible we should do justice to ...
... ment ; and he hated all men of similar predilections . But if , inde- pendently of politics , he considered him a good , religious man , he should have abstained from writing his Life , knowing it is impossible we should do justice to ...
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