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In : our times , we can scarcely imagine to ourselves the zeal , not to say the ferocity , which animated the combatants ; nor can we well wonder at this , when we consider that the highest interests , both temporal and spiritual were ...
In : our times , we can scarcely imagine to ourselves the zeal , not to say the ferocity , which animated the combatants ; nor can we well wonder at this , when we consider that the highest interests , both temporal and spiritual were ...
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He would extend toleration to all denominations of religionists all but the catholics ' ; anda if we consider the age in which he lived , we may well excuse his intolerance in this single instance . From all the religious tracts I have ...
He would extend toleration to all denominations of religionists all but the catholics ' ; anda if we consider the age in which he lived , we may well excuse his intolerance in this single instance . From all the religious tracts I have ...
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... both Grecian and Roman , to the laws of nature and nations , and lastly , to our own municipal laws . In respect of the first principles of government , we may consider him as having exhausted the subject ; and the developement ...
... both Grecian and Roman , to the laws of nature and nations , and lastly , to our own municipal laws . In respect of the first principles of government , we may consider him as having exhausted the subject ; and the developement ...
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That his death was the work of a faction , not of the coinmunity , that it was hence violent and illegal , cannot be disputed ; but we are to consider that that faction was victorious , and that by the same right as they opposed the ...
That his death was the work of a faction , not of the coinmunity , that it was hence violent and illegal , cannot be disputed ; but we are to consider that that faction was victorious , and that by the same right as they opposed the ...
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In this production , Milton is led into various inconsistencies , which will be easily observed , and as easily excused , when we consider the danger to bimself and party , if they suffered the royalists once more to get possession ...
In this production , Milton is led into various inconsistencies , which will be easily observed , and as easily excused , when we consider the danger to bimself and party , if they suffered the royalists once more to get possession ...
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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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