Treasures from the Prose Writings of John MiltonTicknor and Fields, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... at home than you ever encountered in the field ; and even your very bowels will be continually teeming with an intolerable progeny of tyrants . Let those be the first enemies whom you subdue ; me , this constitutes the campaign of peace ...
... at home than you ever encountered in the field ; and even your very bowels will be continually teeming with an intolerable progeny of tyrants . Let those be the first enemies whom you subdue ; me , this constitutes the campaign of peace ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Treasures from the Prose Writings of John Milton |
| Author | John Milton |
| Editor | Fayette Hurd |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1866 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 486 pages |
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