Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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Page xi
... reason calmnly amidst the tumult of the civil wars ) -no government is of so acci- dental or arbitrary an institution , as people are VOL . I. b wont to imagine ; there being in societies natural causes INTRODUCTION. ...
... reason calmnly amidst the tumult of the civil wars ) -no government is of so acci- dental or arbitrary an institution , as people are VOL . I. b wont to imagine ; there being in societies natural causes INTRODUCTION. ...
Page xxii
... reason and humanity would in vain deter- mine , whether , in a moral view , the king were justifiable , who , in defence of even a just prero- gative , has involved his subjects , for whose hap- piness he was created , in the multiplied ...
... reason and humanity would in vain deter- mine , whether , in a moral view , the king were justifiable , who , in defence of even a just prero- gative , has involved his subjects , for whose hap- piness he was created , in the multiplied ...
Page xxv
... reason , to secede from the Presbyterians , he superadded the pecu- liar tenets also of the Independents , with whom he became associated in politics , though it does not appear , that he was ever in the habit of fre- quenting their ...
... reason , to secede from the Presbyterians , he superadded the pecu- liar tenets also of the Independents , with whom he became associated in politics , though it does not appear , that he was ever in the habit of fre- quenting their ...
Page xxxii
... reason to justify his secession . Though these writings did not produce the full effect intended - the establishment of his principles into law - it is said , they had sufficient effect to form a party , under the name of Miltonists ...
... reason to justify his secession . Though these writings did not produce the full effect intended - the establishment of his principles into law - it is said , they had sufficient effect to form a party , under the name of Miltonists ...
Page lix
... free- dom - the noblest enthusiasm for the welfare of the human race . They display a power of reason- ing , a richness and splendor of imagination , which d 2 INTRODUCTION . lix rious temper could have stooped to a popular ad- ...
... free- dom - the noblest enthusiasm for the welfare of the human race . They display a power of reason- ing , a richness and splendor of imagination , which d 2 INTRODUCTION . lix rious temper could have stooped to a popular ad- ...
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