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It may be proper , here , to give a very brief account of the theological parties and their respective principles , which then divided and agitated the state . The reformation , by setting free the minds of men from the leaden tyranny ...
It may be proper , here , to give a very brief account of the theological parties and their respective principles , which then divided and agitated the state . The reformation , by setting free the minds of men from the leaden tyranny ...
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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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But before this , it was said , that you was a man of an inflexible disposition , who , like the god Terminus , would not give way to Jove himself . Besides , I am of opinion , that even a king's advocate ought not , in his master's ...
But before this , it was said , that you was a man of an inflexible disposition , who , like the god Terminus , would not give way to Jove himself . Besides , I am of opinion , that even a king's advocate ought not , in his master's ...
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ed languages he was without a rival ; but he wanted that philosophical spirit , which gives a methodical and systematic form to the materials of knowledge , and which alone can enable a man to take large and comprehensive views .
ed languages he was without a rival ; but he wanted that philosophical spirit , which gives a methodical and systematic form to the materials of knowledge , and which alone can enable a man to take large and comprehensive views .
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hominis sibi reliqui fecit præter lippientes oculos ; ' and charges him with some false quantities in his Latin juvenile poems ; and throughout the whole book gives him the titles of Bellua , fanaticus latro , Homunculus , Lippulus ...
hominis sibi reliqui fecit præter lippientes oculos ; ' and charges him with some false quantities in his Latin juvenile poems ; and throughout the whole book gives him the titles of Bellua , fanaticus latro , Homunculus , Lippulus ...
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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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