The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes, 1. köideG. Bell and sons, 1877 |
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... Salmasius's Defence of the King THE SECOND DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND : against an anonymous Libel , entitled " The Royal Blood crying to Heaven for Vengeance on the English Parricides " EIKONOKLASTES : in Answer to a Book ...
... Salmasius's Defence of the King THE SECOND DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND : against an anonymous Libel , entitled " The Royal Blood crying to Heaven for Vengeance on the English Parricides " EIKONOKLASTES : in Answer to a Book ...
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... Salmasius , then esteemed a giant in literature , is , for sport - sake , tossed round the ring on the horns of his merciless dilemas . His mirth Dr. Johnson found to be grim and terrible . It is , in fact , the mirth of a man laughing ...
... Salmasius , then esteemed a giant in literature , is , for sport - sake , tossed round the ring on the horns of his merciless dilemas . His mirth Dr. Johnson found to be grim and terrible . It is , in fact , the mirth of a man laughing ...
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... Salmasius , Morus , Dumoulin , and others of that stamp were re - minted , and issued by royal authority . Every art which malice could suggest , or baseness invent , was put in practice to cover the memory of the commonwealth with ...
... Salmasius , Morus , Dumoulin , and others of that stamp were re - minted , and issued by royal authority . Every art which malice could suggest , or baseness invent , was put in practice to cover the memory of the commonwealth with ...
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... Salmasius and Dumoulin to the present , he may be regarded as the most mis- chievous and unjust , it is very far from being my desire to remember his hostility with bitterness : for he too , in spite of many failings , was a good man ...
... Salmasius and Dumoulin to the present , he may be regarded as the most mis- chievous and unjust , it is very far from being my desire to remember his hostility with bitterness : for he too , in spite of many failings , was a good man ...
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... Salmasius . But was there then living a man who would not have been honoured by passing under the shadow of that roof ? - by listening to the accents of those inspired lips ? —by being greeted and remembered by him , whose slightest ...
... Salmasius . But was there then living a man who would not have been honoured by passing under the shadow of that roof ? - by listening to the accents of those inspired lips ? —by being greeted and remembered by him , whose slightest ...
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Page xiii - For either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake ; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain, Through her perverseness, but shall see her...
Page 486 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 256 - When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which I received of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were fighting for liberty at home.
Page 73 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same: . for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 55 - Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 71 - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Page 68 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well.
Page 258 - ... constitution of the republic ; and as I had from my youth studied the distinctions between religious and civil rights, I perceived that if I ever wished to be of use, I ought at least not to be wanting to my country, to the church, and to so many of my...
Page xiii - This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With Men as Angels- without feminine, Or find some other way to generate Mankind...
Page 33 - When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me...