Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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Page vi
... appear complete in English for the first time . From the sympathy of genius , you cannot withhold your admiration of the author . There is no one , to whom I can , with more propriety , inscribe this edition of his works . I am , my ...
... appear complete in English for the first time . From the sympathy of genius , you cannot withhold your admiration of the author . There is no one , to whom I can , with more propriety , inscribe this edition of his works . I am , my ...
Page xi
... perhaps somewhat more convenient to the reader . And even this would have been unnecessary , but for the popular form in which the publication appears . INTRODUCTION . THE biography of Milton is so generally known PREFACE . xi.
... perhaps somewhat more convenient to the reader . And even this would have been unnecessary , but for the popular form in which the publication appears . INTRODUCTION . THE biography of Milton is so generally known PREFACE . xi.
Page xxi
... appears ( says Mr. Laing * ) that Charles , from the very beginning , was adverse and secretly irreconcileable to parliament , whose distrust was excited by the surmise of his intentions , and its violence by the discovery of his ...
... appears ( says Mr. Laing * ) that Charles , from the very beginning , was adverse and secretly irreconcileable to parliament , whose distrust was excited by the surmise of his intentions , and its violence by the discovery of his ...
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... appear , that he was ever in the habit of fre- quenting their churches . In the interval between Cromwell's death and the restoration , the presbyterians advanced in power , and Milton apprehending their intolerance , was in- tent to ...
... appear , that he was ever in the habit of fre- quenting their churches . In the interval between Cromwell's death and the restoration , the presbyterians advanced in power , and Milton apprehending their intolerance , was in- tent to ...
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... appear , however , that they were the mere tools of the king . They perceived that their own interests , or rather their exorbitant privileges and pretensions , must stand or fall with him ; hence , while they supported Charles , they ...
... appear , however , that they were the mere tools of the king . They perceived that their own interests , or rather their exorbitant privileges and pretensions , must stand or fall with him ; hence , while they supported Charles , they ...
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