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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 heads , respectively ...
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 heads , respectively ...
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FE 1 11 That the reader may form some judgment of the contents of these two small volumes , as compared with the other edition in seven vols . octavo , I may mention the titles of the pieces ' not to be found in the present collection ...
FE 1 11 That the reader may form some judgment of the contents of these two small volumes , as compared with the other edition in seven vols . octavo , I may mention the titles of the pieces ' not to be found in the present collection ...
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From this list , it will be seen , that there is little , of much consequence , in the larger edition , which is not comprized in the present small one ; and besides , that there are several new translations not contained in the large ...
From this list , it will be seen , that there is little , of much consequence , in the larger edition , which is not comprized in the present small one ; and besides , that there are several new translations not contained in the large ...
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THE biography of Milton is so generally known , that little will be required to be said on the present occasion . Yet as the prose works of our great poet have never been popularised -- as their notoriety beats no sort of proportion to ...
THE biography of Milton is so generally known , that little will be required to be said on the present occasion . Yet as the prose works of our great poet have never been popularised -- as their notoriety beats no sort of proportion to ...
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... that he commenced without hesitation , and renewed without necessity , the war with Scotland ; and that he neither studied that sincerity , nor employed those means of conciliation which were requisite to avert the present war .
... that he commenced without hesitation , and renewed without necessity , the war with Scotland ; and that he neither studied that sincerity , nor employed those means of conciliation which were requisite to avert the present war .
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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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