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But finding little for an editor to do , I thought I might as well translate the tract which Milton published under the name of his nephew Philips , and which was , in fact , the Second Defence of the People of England , The First ...
But finding little for an editor to do , I thought I might as well translate the tract which Milton published under the name of his nephew Philips , and which was , in fact , the Second Defence of the People of England , The First ...
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Hampden in defence of his country's rights . But the measures which contributed most to , rouse the indignation , and the invincible opposition of the nation , were the innovations in religion . By the new ecclesiastical canons of Laud ...
Hampden in defence of his country's rights . But the measures which contributed most to , rouse the indignation , and the invincible opposition of the nation , were the innovations in religion . By the new ecclesiastical canons of Laud ...
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The same exaltation of the bierarchy was attempted in Scotland as : in England ; but the Scots rose in arms , and formed their national covenant , in their own defence . The king , reduced to difficulties by the Scottish army ...
The same exaltation of the bierarchy was attempted in Scotland as : in England ; but the Scots rose in arms , and formed their national covenant , in their own defence . The king , reduced to difficulties by the Scottish army ...
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... in vain determine , whether , in a moral view , the king were justifiable , who , in defence of even a just prerogative , has involved his subjects , for whose happiness he was created , in the multiplied calamities of a civil war .
... in vain determine , whether , in a moral view , the king were justifiable , who , in defence of even a just prerogative , has involved his subjects , for whose happiness he was created , in the multiplied calamities of a civil war .
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To this the bishop replied , 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 .
To this the bishop replied , 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 .
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| Title | Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1 Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, George Burnett |
| Author | John Milton |
| Translated by | George Burnett |
| Publisher | J. Miller, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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