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1 · My LORD , MILTON , the least perhaps of all authors , stands in need of a Patron . But a great part of your Lordship's life has been spent in upholding the same manly and enlightened principles of freedom , wbichi pervade the Prose ...
1 · My LORD , MILTON , the least perhaps of all authors , stands in need of a Patron . But a great part of your Lordship's life has been spent in upholding the same manly and enlightened principles of freedom , wbichi pervade the Prose ...
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Little more is intended , therefore , than a brief historic account of the several pieces contained in this collection , and which is given in the order of the arrangement , as being perhaps somewhat more convenient to the reader .
Little more is intended , therefore , than a brief historic account of the several pieces contained in this collection , and which is given in the order of the arrangement , as being perhaps somewhat more convenient to the reader .
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They might otherwise , perhaps , have preserved their chief privileges , and their seats in parliament . It does not appear , however , that they were the mere tools of the king . They perceived that their own interests , or rather ...
They might otherwise , perhaps , have preserved their chief privileges , and their seats in parliament . It does not appear , however , that they were the mere tools of the king . They perceived that their own interests , or rather ...
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Jadeed , though much , bas been omitted , I think the real value of the pieces is little diminished ; perhaps there are few persons who would not be disposed to thank me 4 + for saving them the trouble of perusing them xxviii ...
Jadeed , though much , bas been omitted , I think the real value of the pieces is little diminished ; perhaps there are few persons who would not be disposed to thank me 4 + for saving them the trouble of perusing them xxviii ...
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This production , considered as recommending a new system of education , though admirable in some respects for the general views it presents , would be commonly thought perhaps , in the present day , of no great importance .
This production , considered as recommending a new system of education , though admirable in some respects for the general views it presents , would be commonly thought perhaps , in the present day , of no great importance .
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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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