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racterize what may be called the forensic productions of Milton , and which now appear complete in English for the first time . From the sympathy of genius , you cannot withhold your admiration of the author .
racterize what may be called the forensic productions of Milton , and which now appear complete in English for the first time . From the sympathy of genius , you cannot withhold your admiration of the author .
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I then looked at Milton's Defence of Himself , which I also determined to translate ; the supplement to which I likewise turned into English , as completing the series . The copy - right of the translation of the Second Defence belonged ...
I then looked at Milton's Defence of Himself , which I also determined to translate ; the supplement to which I likewise turned into English , as completing the series . The copy - right of the translation of the Second Defence belonged ...
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This contest between the king and people forms one of the most interesting and instructive portions of the English bistory . The Commons had adopted the most liberal notions of government ; the generous ...
This contest between the king and people forms one of the most interesting and instructive portions of the English bistory . The Commons had adopted the most liberal notions of government ; the generous ...
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But the celebrity of Salmasius , and the inflammatory nature of the subject , showed the English government the necessity of a reply . Milton was present in the council when the question was agitated , and all directed their eyes ...
But the celebrity of Salmasius , and the inflammatory nature of the subject , showed the English government the necessity of a reply . Milton was present in the council when the question was agitated , and all directed their eyes ...
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A second answer to the Defence appeared in 1652 , which was printed at the Hague , and entitled “ Regii Sanguinis Clamor ad Coelum adversus Parricidas Anglicanos : —The Cry of the Royal Blood to Heaven against the English Parricides .
A second answer to the Defence appeared in 1652 , which was printed at the Hague , and entitled “ Regii Sanguinis Clamor ad Coelum adversus Parricidas Anglicanos : —The Cry of the Royal Blood to Heaven against the English Parricides .
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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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