Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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... cause ; and both the presbyterians and indepen- dents , who were numerous in the long parliament , were glad of any pretence to invade the hierarchy . The same exaltation of the hierarchy was at- tempted in Scotland as in England ; but ...
... cause ; and both the presbyterians and indepen- dents , who were numerous in the long parliament , were glad of any pretence to invade the hierarchy . The same exaltation of the hierarchy was at- tempted in Scotland as in England ; but ...
Page xxii
... cause or excuse for hostilities ; but reason and humanity would in vain deter- mine , whether , in a moral view , the king were justifiable , who , in defence of even a just prero- gative , has involved his subjects , for whose hap ...
... cause or excuse for hostilities ; but reason and humanity would in vain deter- mine , whether , in a moral view , the king were justifiable , who , in defence of even a just prero- gative , has involved his subjects , for whose hap ...
Page xxx
... cause , I deny not to have epitomized ; in the rest ob- serving a well - warranted rule , not to give an in- ventory of so many words , but to weigh their force . I could have added that eloquent and right Christian discourse , written ...
... cause , I deny not to have epitomized ; in the rest ob- serving a well - warranted rule , not to give an in- ventory of so many words , but to weigh their force . I could have added that eloquent and right Christian discourse , written ...
Page xxxii
... cause him to be summoned before the house of Lords from which , however , he was dismissed with honour . Milton was now entirely alienated from their cause ; and soon saw still greater reason to justify his secession . Though these ...
... cause him to be summoned before the house of Lords from which , however , he was dismissed with honour . Milton was now entirely alienated from their cause ; and soon saw still greater reason to justify his secession . Though these ...
Page xxxiii
... cause more nobly defended . I can say of it nothing better than recommend an attentive perusal . Of this production a few pages only have been omitted , amounting perhaps to seven or eight of the octavo edition , which , though ...
... cause more nobly defended . I can say of it nothing better than recommend an attentive perusal . Of this production a few pages only have been omitted , amounting perhaps to seven or eight of the octavo edition , which , though ...
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