The works of John Milton in verse and prose, with a life of the author by J. Mitford, Volume 51851 |
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Page 32
... thir Horse and Chariots , as then they us'd in fight , fcowring before , thir main powr speeding after , fom thick upon the shoar , others not tarrying to be affail'd , ride in among the Waves to encounter , and affault the Romans eev'n ...
... thir Horse and Chariots , as then they us'd in fight , fcowring before , thir main powr speeding after , fom thick upon the shoar , others not tarrying to be affail'd , ride in among the Waves to encounter , and affault the Romans eev'n ...
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... thir wonted valour . To fuccour which , he commands his Gallies , a fight unu- fual to the Britans , and more apt for motion , drawn from the bigger Veffels , to row against the op'n fide of the Enemy , and thence with Slings , Engines ...
... thir wonted valour . To fuccour which , he commands his Gallies , a fight unu- fual to the Britans , and more apt for motion , drawn from the bigger Veffels , to row against the op'n fide of the Enemy , and thence with Slings , Engines ...
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... thir Enemies on the morrow , would be in that place which only they had left unreap'd of all thir Harvest , had plac'd an Am- bush ; and while they were disperst and busiest at thir labour , fet upon them , kill'd fom , and routed the ...
... thir Enemies on the morrow , would be in that place which only they had left unreap'd of all thir Harvest , had plac'd an Am- bush ; and while they were disperst and busiest at thir labour , fet upon them , kill'd fom , and routed the ...
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... thir utmost to keep out the Enemy . But the Souldiers of the feventh Legion locking all thir Sheilds together like a rooff clofe over head , and others rayfing a Mount , without much loss of blood took the place , and drove them all to ...
... thir utmost to keep out the Enemy . But the Souldiers of the feventh Legion locking all thir Sheilds together like a rooff clofe over head , and others rayfing a Mount , without much loss of blood took the place , and drove them all to ...
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... thir Generall . Heer the British Horse and Charioters meeting with the Roman Cavalrie fought stoutly ; and at first , somthing overmatch'd they re- treat to the neer advantage of thir Woods and Hills , but still follow'd by the Romans ...
... thir Generall . Heer the British Horse and Charioters meeting with the Roman Cavalrie fought stoutly ; and at first , somthing overmatch'd they re- treat to the neer advantage of thir Woods and Hills , but still follow'd by the Romans ...
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Page 352 - 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 345 - And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
Page 394 - And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee ; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 309 - Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand.
Page 354 - 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 407 - If any man shall take away from the words," &c. With good and religious reason therefore all protestant churches with one consent, and particularly the church of England in her thirty-nine articles, art. 6th, 19ih, 20th, 21st, and elsewhere, maintain these two points, as the main principles of true religion; that the rule of true religion is the word of God only: and that their faith ought not to be an implicit faith, that is to believe, though as the church believes, against or without express authority...
Page 446 - More just it is doubtless, if it come to force, that a less Number compel a greater to retain, which can be no wrong to them, their Liberty, than that a greater Number, for the pleasure of their baseness, compel a less most injuriously to be their fellow Slaves.
Page 314 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good. and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is a minister of God to thee for good.
Page 379 - And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.
Page 365 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.