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The time , being elapsed , he wrote repeated letters without receiving any answer . Last of all , he dispatched a messenger to her father's house , who was also dismissed with some marks of contempt . Exasperated , as we may suppose ...
The time , being elapsed , he wrote repeated letters without receiving any answer . Last of all , he dispatched a messenger to her father's house , who was also dismissed with some marks of contempt . Exasperated , as we may suppose ...
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who , in Cromwell's situation , would not have reasoned in the same way ? But this portion of our history has recently received such new and copious illustration as to render it idle for me to xlii INTRODUCTION .
who , in Cromwell's situation , would not have reasoned in the same way ? But this portion of our history has recently received such new and copious illustration as to render it idle for me to xlii INTRODUCTION .
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And what was of far less suspicious sincerity , he received letters of the most flattering kind from many of the most eminent men in Europe for talents and learning ; who , “ actuated , ” as it is said , " by a similar spirit with the ...
And what was of far less suspicious sincerity , he received letters of the most flattering kind from many of the most eminent men in Europe for talents and learning ; who , “ actuated , ” as it is said , " by a similar spirit with the ...
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Certainly of their defects their own witness may be best received , but of the rectitude and sincerity of their life and doctrine , to judge rightly , we must judge by that which was to be their rule .
Certainly of their defects their own witness may be best received , but of the rectitude and sincerity of their life and doctrine , to judge rightly , we must judge by that which was to be their rule .
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... hamper the bishops of those days , I will bring you the opinion of three the famousest men for wit and learning that Italy at this day glories of , whereby it may be concluded for a received opinion , even among men professing the ...
... hamper the bishops of those days , I will bring you the opinion of three the famousest men for wit and learning that Italy at this day glories of , whereby it may be concluded for a received opinion , even among men professing the ...
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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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