The Prose Works of John Milton ...Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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Page xvii
... suffered , for peace sake , too many concessions to be made to the upper orders , in his plans of go- vernment . For these modifications of his theory , however , we must look to the circumstances of the times , wherein , if men of ...
... suffered , for peace sake , too many concessions to be made to the upper orders , in his plans of go- vernment . For these modifications of his theory , however , we must look to the circumstances of the times , wherein , if men of ...
Page xix
... suffered unjustly , but on the abstract principle , that the people , whatever may be the character of their ruler , were he even a Nero or a Domitian , -have not the right to punish him capitally , Milton undertook , in his Tenure of ...
... suffered unjustly , but on the abstract principle , that the people , whatever may be the character of their ruler , were he even a Nero or a Domitian , -have not the right to punish him capitally , Milton undertook , in his Tenure of ...
Page xxiv
... suffer , of perseverance to obtain . Englishmen are still Englishmen . The love of freedom - which is based on truth-- is ever their ruling pas- sion ; and if , as in the case of Milton , they sometimes wholly or in part neglect their ...
... suffer , of perseverance to obtain . Englishmen are still Englishmen . The love of freedom - which is based on truth-- is ever their ruling pas- sion ; and if , as in the case of Milton , they sometimes wholly or in part neglect their ...
Page xxvii
... suffered to remain in it . For most literary men are too intent on advancing their own reputation , to turn aside ... suffers in the estimation of mankind . It seems to be our duty to labour with an earnestness proportioned to the ...
... suffered to remain in it . For most literary men are too intent on advancing their own reputation , to turn aside ... suffers in the estimation of mankind . It seems to be our duty to labour with an earnestness proportioned to the ...
Page xxx
... suffered hunger ; but that yet , in the midst of his indigence , his proud heathenish spirit looked with intolerable scorn upon tyrants and slaves , and dared to dream of eternal fame . The fox which , in the fable , escaped from a trap ...
... suffered hunger ; but that yet , in the midst of his indigence , his proud heathenish spirit looked with intolerable scorn upon tyrants and slaves , and dared to dream of eternal fame . The fox which , in the fable , escaped from a trap ...
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