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Page xlii
As to the justice or injustice of Charles's execution , I shall say little , as for the most part , I could only repeat what Milton has said before , and particularly towards the conclusion of the Second Defence .
As to the justice or injustice of Charles's execution , I shall say little , as for the most part , I could only repeat what Milton has said before , and particularly towards the conclusion of the Second Defence .
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... tenaciousness of power , Milton saw that his administration was marked by vigour , ability , and ( where his interests as ruler were not directly concerned ) by justice , so as to strike all foreign potentates with respect and awe .
... tenaciousness of power , Milton saw that his administration was marked by vigour , ability , and ( where his interests as ruler were not directly concerned ) by justice , so as to strike all foreign potentates with respect and awe .
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But what greater debasement can there be to royal dignity , whose towering and stedfast height rests upon the unmovable foundations of justice , and heroic virtue , than to chain it in a dependance of subsisting , or ruining , to the ...
But what greater debasement can there be to royal dignity , whose towering and stedfast height rests upon the unmovable foundations of justice , and heroic virtue , than to chain it in a dependance of subsisting , or ruining , to the ...
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But to return whence was digressed : seeing that the throne of a king , as the wise king Solomon often remem“ is established in justice , " which is the universal justice that Aristotle so much praises , containing in it all other ...
But to return whence was digressed : seeing that the throne of a king , as the wise king Solomon often remem“ is established in justice , " which is the universal justice that Aristotle so much praises , containing in it all other ...
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... a fading triumphant laurel qut of the tears of wretched men ? ) but to settle the pure worship of God in his church , and justice in the state : then shall the hardest difficulties smooth out themselves 32 Of Reformation in England .
... a fading triumphant laurel qut of the tears of wretched men ? ) but to settle the pure worship of God in his church , and justice in the state : then shall the hardest difficulties smooth out themselves 32 Of Reformation in England .
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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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