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This man ( Milton ) hath been told that you were not the author of the book , which he refuted ; to which he 1 answered , that he was at least assured that you had caused it to be imprinted : that you had writ the preface , and he ...
This man ( Milton ) hath been told that you were not the author of the book , which he refuted ; to which he 1 answered , that he was at least assured that you had caused it to be imprinted : that you had writ the preface , and he ...
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The pleasing pursuit of these thoughts hath ofttimes led me into a serious question and debatement with myself , how it should come to pass that England ( having had this grace and honour from God , to be the first that should set up a ...
The pleasing pursuit of these thoughts hath ofttimes led me into a serious question and debatement with myself , how it should come to pass that England ( having had this grace and honour from God , to be the first that should set up a ...
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next hand ; as the French cardinal of late and the see of Canterbury hath plainly affected . In Edward the Sixth's days , why a complete reformation was not effected , to any considerate man may appear . First , he no sooner entered ...
next hand ; as the French cardinal of late and the see of Canterbury hath plainly affected . In Edward the Sixth's days , why a complete reformation was not effected , to any considerate man may appear . First , he no sooner entered ...
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And of those books that pass for authentic , who knows what hath been tampered withal , what hath been razed out , what hath been inserted ? Besides the late legerdemain of the papists , that which Sulpitius writes concerning Origen's ...
And of those books that pass for authentic , who knows what hath been tampered withal , what hath been razed out , what hath been inserted ? Besides the late legerdemain of the papists , that which Sulpitius writes concerning Origen's ...
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... there is no art that hath been more cankered in her principles , more soiled , and slubbered with aphorisming pedantry , than the art of policy ; and that most , where a man would think should least be , in christian commonwealths .
... there is no art that hath been more cankered in her principles , more soiled , and slubbered with aphorisming pedantry , than the art of policy ; and that most , where a man would think should least be , in christian commonwealths .
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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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