Dryden's SatireMacmillan, 1966 - 182 pages |
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Page xxiii
... government , however tyrannical , is preferable to the chaos when government breaks down . In fact , although Hobbes was a Royalist , his Leviathan was published in 1651 to justify submission to the Common- wealth . To reject the ...
... government , however tyrannical , is preferable to the chaos when government breaks down . In fact , although Hobbes was a Royalist , his Leviathan was published in 1651 to justify submission to the Common- wealth . To reject the ...
Page xxxix
... Government ' . His ultimate appeal is to the practical necessity of kingship : Kings are the public Pillars of the State , Born to sustain and prop the Nation's weight . The same image concludes Dryden's statement of his own views ...
... Government ' . His ultimate appeal is to the practical necessity of kingship : Kings are the public Pillars of the State , Born to sustain and prop the Nation's weight . The same image concludes Dryden's statement of his own views ...
Page xlviii
... government . Dependent on annual grants from Parliament and with the government in the hands of the staunchly Anglican Earl of Clarendon , Charles had little opportunity to favour the Catholics , even if he wished to . But the fall of ...
... government . Dependent on annual grants from Parliament and with the government in the hands of the staunchly Anglican Earl of Clarendon , Charles had little opportunity to favour the Catholics , even if he wished to . But the fall of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO Absalom | xlvii |
TIME CHART | lv |
Copyright | |
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