Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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Page ix
... Defence of the People of England . The First Defence had been translated many years before ; the other recently , by Mr. Fellowes of Oxford . I then looked at Milton's Defence of Himself , which I also determined to translate ; the ...
... Defence of the People of England . The First Defence had been translated many years before ; the other recently , by Mr. Fellowes of Oxford . I then looked at Milton's Defence of Himself , which I also determined to translate ; the ...
Page xiii
... defence of his country's rights . But the measures which contributed most to . rouse the indignation , and the invincible opposi- tion of the nation , were the innovations in reli- gion . By the new ecclesiastical canons of Laud , which ...
... defence of his country's rights . But the measures which contributed most to . rouse the indignation , and the invincible opposi- tion of the nation , were the innovations in reli- gion . By the new ecclesiastical canons of Laud , which ...
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... defence .. The king , re- duced to difficulties by the Scottish army , was : obliged once more ( April 1640 ) to call a parlia ment ; which , like the preceding , insisting upon a redress of grievances . before it would grant supplies ...
... defence .. The king , re- duced to difficulties by the Scottish army , was : obliged once more ( April 1640 ) to call a parlia ment ; which , like the preceding , insisting upon a redress of grievances . before it would grant supplies ...
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... defence of even a just prero- gative , has involved his subjects , for whose hap- piness he was created , in the multiplied calamities of a civil war . We e may affirm , however , that , from an exalted idea of the regal character , and ...
... defence of even a just prero- gative , has involved his subjects , for whose hap- piness he was created , in the multiplied calamities of a civil war . We e may affirm , however , that , from an exalted idea of the regal character , and ...
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... Defence of the Humble Remonstrance ; " which called forth from Milton " Animadversions on the Remonstrant's Defence . " The above four pieces were all written in the year 1641 . Milton's Animadversions were personal and offensive in a ...
... Defence of the Humble Remonstrance ; " which called forth from Milton " Animadversions on the Remonstrant's Defence . " The above four pieces were all written in the year 1641 . Milton's Animadversions were personal and offensive in a ...
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