Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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Page xviii
... example of the Scots , their chief attention was paid to the army . The self- denying ordinance , and the new model soon fol- lowed ; and the battle of Naseby shortly after decided the fate of Charles and the ascendency of the ...
... example of the Scots , their chief attention was paid to the army . The self- denying ordinance , and the new model soon fol- lowed ; and the battle of Naseby shortly after decided the fate of Charles and the ascendency of the ...
Page lvi
... examples of forensic oratory . In both , he discovers great acuteness and ingenuity , and a power of eloquence hardly to be surpassed . Sometimes he has all the vehemence and fire of Demosthenes ; and at other times he displays all the ...
... examples of forensic oratory . In both , he discovers great acuteness and ingenuity , and a power of eloquence hardly to be surpassed . Sometimes he has all the vehemence and fire of Demosthenes ; and at other times he displays all the ...
Page lxi
... example of the sacred writers them- selves , from that of the ancient orators , and what is a little remarkable , from that of the old Greek comedy - a very questionable authority , it must be owned . He adduces the example also of ...
... example of the sacred writers them- selves , from that of the ancient orators , and what is a little remarkable , from that of the old Greek comedy - a very questionable authority , it must be owned . He adduces the example also of ...
Page lxii
... example of genius will be imitated . And after every deduction is made , there will be occasion- ally found in Milton instances of illiberality and of arrogance , which the highest provocation alone can extenuate . To appear thus in the ...
... example of genius will be imitated . And after every deduction is made , there will be occasion- ally found in Milton instances of illiberality and of arrogance , which the highest provocation alone can extenuate . To appear thus in the ...
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... example , that exact reformation is not perfected at the first push , and those unwieldy times of Edward VI may hold some plea by this excuse . Now let any reasonable man judge whether that king's reign be a fit time from whence to ...
... example , that exact reformation is not perfected at the first push , and those unwieldy times of Edward VI may hold some plea by this excuse . Now let any reasonable man judge whether that king's reign be a fit time from whence to ...
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