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... and such claims served the more to stimulate the jealousy of the Commons , who compelled the king to stoop to such concessions , and to suffer such barriers to be erected , as were thought necessary to secure the constitution .
... and such claims served the more to stimulate the jealousy of the Commons , who compelled the king to stoop to such concessions , and to suffer such barriers to be erected , as were thought necessary to secure the constitution .
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The pacification with the Scots was broken ; at the very commencement of hostilities the king's army suffered a voluntary . defeat ; and in November of the same year was assembled the long parliament . The indignation of the nation was ...
The pacification with the Scots was broken ; at the very commencement of hostilities the king's army suffered a voluntary . defeat ; and in November of the same year was assembled the long parliament . The indignation of the nation was ...
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In this production , Milton is led into various inconsistencies , which will be easily observed , and as easily excused , when we consider the danger to bimself and party , if they suffered the royalists once more to get possession ...
In this production , Milton is led into various inconsistencies , which will be easily observed , and as easily excused , when we consider the danger to bimself and party , if they suffered the royalists once more to get possession ...
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No doubt , it is always more wise , more manly , and dignified , to despise , or at any rate , to disregard scurrilities , if it can be done without suffering any stain to be affixed on a man's reputation . But Milton had evidently no ...
No doubt , it is always more wise , more manly , and dignified , to despise , or at any rate , to disregard scurrilities , if it can be done without suffering any stain to be affixed on a man's reputation . But Milton had evidently no ...
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... ( as his apostasy well showed at his death ) bent all his wit how to bring the right of the crown into his own line . And for the bishops , they were so far from any such worthy attempts , as that they suffered themselves to be the ...
... ( as his apostasy well showed at his death ) bent all his wit how to bring the right of the crown into his own line . And for the bishops , they were so far from any such worthy attempts , as that they suffered themselves to be 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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