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All the pieces which comé under either of the above general heads , respectively , I have thought it most commodious to arrange together , whatever the dates either of their composition or publication ; so that they will now be read in ...
All the pieces which comé under either of the above general heads , respectively , I have thought it most commodious to arrange together , whatever the dates either of their composition or publication ; so that they will now be read in ...
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But finding little for an editor to do , I thought I might as well translate the tract which Milton published under the name of his nephew Philips , and which was , in fact , the Second Defence of the People of England , The First ...
But finding little for an editor to do , I thought I might as well translate the tract which Milton published under the name of his nephew Philips , and which was , in fact , the Second Defence of the People of England , The First ...
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... their former efficacy , or to the celebrity of the author , a slight sketch of the history of the pieces contained in the present collection , with a few interspersed observations , may be thought no improper introduction 10 them .
... their former efficacy , or to the celebrity of the author , a slight sketch of the history of the pieces contained in the present collection , with a few interspersed observations , may be thought no improper introduction 10 them .
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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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powerful antagonist to the asserters of the divine right of tythes , and on scriptural principles , thought he likewise denies their political expediency . The best title of the clergy to tythes is clearly founded in the law of the land ...
powerful antagonist to the asserters of the divine right of tythes , and on scriptural principles , thought he likewise denies their political expediency . The best title of the clergy to tythes is clearly founded in the law of the land ...
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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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