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From the dissolution of this parliament , in 1629 , Charles resolved to rule without a parliament . Wentworth was now gained over froun the Commons , and despotism , was systematized . , All the instances of abuse and tyranny before ...
From the dissolution of this parliament , in 1629 , Charles resolved to rule without a parliament . Wentworth was now gained over froun the Commons , and despotism , was systematized . , All the instances of abuse and tyranny before ...
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In a short postcript to this work , he says— “ Thus far Martin Bucer : whom , where I might without injury to either part of the cause , I deny not to have epitomized ; in the rest observing a well - warranted rule , not to give an ...
In a short postcript to this work , he says— “ Thus far Martin Bucer : whom , where I might without injury to either part of the cause , I deny not to have epitomized ; in the rest observing a well - warranted rule , not to give an ...
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That style , therefore , is the most perfect , which keeps the attention close to ideas ; agreeably to the rule it is the perfection of art to conceai art . As to the general manner of Milton , apart from these few particularities ...
That style , therefore , is the most perfect , which keeps the attention close to ideas ; agreeably to the rule it is the perfection of art to conceai art . As to the general manner of Milton , apart from these few particularities ...
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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 . But it will be objected ...
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 . But it will be objected ...
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And thus we find here that the rules of church - discipline are not only commanded , but hedged about with such a terrible impalement of commands , as he that will break through wilfully to violate the least of thein , must hazard the ...
And thus we find here that the rules of church - discipline are not only commanded , but hedged about with such a terrible impalement of commands , as he that will break through wilfully to violate the least of thein , must hazard 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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