Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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... answered ; notwithstanding which , the piece would have appeared so miserably garbled , that few readers would have thought it of much value .. I therefore considered myself as under the neces- sity of giving a new version of it ; and ...
... answered ; notwithstanding which , the piece would have appeared so miserably garbled , that few readers would have thought it of much value .. I therefore considered myself as under the neces- sity of giving a new version of it ; and ...
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... time , Archbishop Usher published " The Aposto lical Institution of Episcopacy . " In answer to these productions , Milton wrote two pieces , the first of which he called " Of Prelatical Episcopacy , & c . " the second , INTRODUCTION .
... time , Archbishop Usher published " The Aposto lical Institution of Episcopacy . " In answer to these productions , Milton wrote two pieces , the first of which he called " Of Prelatical Episcopacy , & c . " the second , INTRODUCTION .
Page xxix
... answer . Last of all , he dispatched a messenger to her father's house , who was also dismissed with some marks of contempt . Exas- perated , as we may suppose , in a high degree by such treatment , he instantly determined on a divorce ...
... answer . Last of all , he dispatched a messenger to her father's house , who was also dismissed with some marks of contempt . Exas- perated , as we may suppose , in a high degree by such treatment , he instantly determined on a divorce ...
Page xxx
... answer to some nameless antagonist . From this I have taken but one short passage only , which I have therefore incorporated , within brackets , with corresponding sentiments in the Tetrachordon . " XXX INTRODUCTION .
... answer to some nameless antagonist . From this I have taken but one short passage only , which I have therefore incorporated , within brackets , with corresponding sentiments in the Tetrachordon . " XXX INTRODUCTION .
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... answer to it appeared in 1651 , called Esxwv anaxcos , the Image unbroken ; and another as late as 1692 , entitled , Vindicia Carolina . Of the Iconoclastes , I have retained compara- tively little , perhaps scarcely a third ; because I ...
... answer to it appeared in 1651 , called Esxwv anaxcos , the Image unbroken ; and another as late as 1692 , entitled , Vindicia Carolina . Of the Iconoclastes , I have retained compara- tively little , perhaps scarcely a third ; because I ...
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