Prose Works of John Milton ...Hurst, 1865 - 846 pages |
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Page 269
... nature ; yet because you pretend " to confute us most powerfully by the law of nature , " I will be content to admit that to be necessary , which before I had thought would be superfluous , that in this chapter I may demonstrate , that ...
... nature ; yet because you pretend " to confute us most powerfully by the law of nature , " I will be content to admit that to be necessary , which before I had thought would be superfluous , that in this chapter I may demonstrate , that ...
Page 273
... nature , and have no regard to them in civil and public concerns , when we see what great and admirable things nature herself effects in things that are inanimate and void of sense , rather than lose her end . Produce any rule of nature ...
... nature , and have no regard to them in civil and public concerns , when we see what great and admirable things nature herself effects in things that are inanimate and void of sense , rather than lose her end . Produce any rule of nature ...
Page 280
... nature can do so : but only for the public safety and liberty , which , when the king ceases to take care of , then the people in effect have given him nothing at all : for nature says , the people gave it him to a particular end and ...
... nature can do so : but only for the public safety and liberty , which , when the king ceases to take care of , then the people in effect have given him nothing at all : for nature says , the people gave it him to a particular end and ...
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FROM THE TREATISE OF REFORMATION IN ENGLAND | 1 |
FROM THE TREATISE OF PRELATICAL EPISCOPACY | 25 |
FROM ANIMADVERSIONS UPON THE REMONSTRANTS DEFENCE | 65 |
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