The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page 107
... yourself ridiculous , in calling it the king's defence ; for you having fold it , it is no longer yours , but the king's indeed : who bought it at the price of a hundred jacobuffes , a great fum for a poor king to disburse . I know very ...
... yourself ridiculous , in calling it the king's defence ; for you having fold it , it is no longer yours , but the king's indeed : who bought it at the price of a hundred jacobuffes , a great fum for a poor king to disburse . I know very ...
Page 113
... yourself had formerly under- taken ; and whofe fevereft cenfures ought to be inflicted upon you . As for the prefent form of our government , fince fuch a foreign infignificant profeffor as you , having laid afide your boxes and defks ...
... yourself had formerly under- taken ; and whofe fevereft cenfures ought to be inflicted upon you . As for the prefent form of our government , fince fuch a foreign infignificant profeffor as you , having laid afide your boxes and defks ...
Page 114
... yourself very ridiculous ; for that council is not the fupreme council , as you dream it is , but appointed by authority of parliament , for a certain time only ; and confifting of forty perfons , for the most part members of parliament ...
... yourself very ridiculous ; for that council is not the fupreme council , as you dream it is , but appointed by authority of parliament , for a certain time only ; and confifting of forty perfons , for the most part members of parliament ...
Page 117
... yourself . Go on then , undertake the king's defence at the encouragement , and by the affiftance of the Irish . You take care , and fo you might well , left any fhould imagine , that you were about to bereave Cicero or Demofthenes of ...
... yourself . Go on then , undertake the king's defence at the encouragement , and by the affiftance of the Irish . You take care , and fo you might well , left any fhould imagine , that you were about to bereave Cicero or Demofthenes of ...
Page 119
... yourself ( for no body elfe has fo of you ) as to imagine that you are able to speak well upon any fubject , who can neither play the part of an orator , nor an hiftorian , nor exprefs yourself in a ftyle that would not be ridiculous ...
... yourself ( for no body elfe has fo of you ) as to imagine that you are able to speak well upon any fubject , who can neither play the part of an orator , nor an hiftorian , nor exprefs yourself in a ftyle that would not be ridiculous ...
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Page 360 - And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham...
Page 361 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 371 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 339 - For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and ye are complete in him ; which is the head of all principality and power...
Page 147 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 368 - Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Page 323 - Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand.
Page 363 - And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give; for the labourer is worthy of his hire ; Go not from house to house.
Page 317 - A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes ; showing that it is not lawful for any Power on Earth to compel in matters of Religion.
Page 387 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.