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... and resolved to proceed upon it . The chief of Milton's prose works may be referred to three general divisions , according as they relate , 1. To Ecclesiastical Law ; 2. To Matrimonial Law ; 3. To the Tenure of the 1 VE Magistrate .
... and resolved to proceed upon it . The chief of Milton's prose works may be referred to three general divisions , according as they relate , 1. To Ecclesiastical Law ; 2. To Matrimonial Law ; 3. To the Tenure of the 1 VE Magistrate .
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1 VE Magistrate . Two short pieces only , in the present collection are not strictly referable to either of these divisions : these are , Of Education , and Areopagitica . All the pieces which comé under either of the above general ...
1 VE Magistrate . Two short pieces only , in the present collection are not strictly referable to either of these divisions : these are , Of Education , and Areopagitica . All the pieces which comé under either of the above general ...
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Marriage they considered as a civil contract , and to be resigned to the magistrate . The presbytexians , once persecuted , became , as usual , persecutors in their turn ; the independents were the only exception .
Marriage they considered as a civil contract , and to be resigned to the magistrate . The presbytexians , once persecuted , became , as usual , persecutors in their turn ; the independents were the only exception .
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... magistrate in religious matters is unlawful , & c . The second was inscribed to the Long Parliament after its revival by the army . Milton is here a very . powerful antagonist to the asserters of the divine right of INTRODUCTION .
... magistrate in religious matters is unlawful , & c . The second was inscribed to the Long Parliament after its revival by the army . Milton is here a very . powerful antagonist to the asserters of the divine right of INTRODUCTION .
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We come next to the works , which are purely political , and on which chiefly depend Milton's character and merit as Of these the first is “ The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ...
We come next to the works , which are purely political , and on which chiefly depend Milton's character and merit as Of these the first is “ The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ...
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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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