The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1871 |
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... Army's Surprisal of the King at Holmby 456 · CHAP . XXVII . - Entitled , To the Prince of Wales . . 472 CHAP . XXVIII . — Entitled , Meditations upon Death 483 THE PROSE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON . " There is vi CONTENTS .
... Army's Surprisal of the King at Holmby 456 · CHAP . XXVII . - Entitled , To the Prince of Wales . . 472 CHAP . XXVIII . — Entitled , Meditations upon Death 483 THE PROSE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON . " There is vi CONTENTS .
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... army , the most dissolute , depraved , and godless crew that ever disturbed the peace of civil society . His With the patience and calmness of a good man hoping to reclaim the partner chance had brought him , he long bore with her ...
... army , the most dissolute , depraved , and godless crew that ever disturbed the peace of civil society . His With the patience and calmness of a good man hoping to reclaim the partner chance had brought him , he long bore with her ...
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... army , the treasury ; in short , all things whatsoever relating either to war or peace . Whether this be called a council , or any- thing else , the thing is ancient , though the name may be new ; and it is such an institution as no ...
... army , the treasury ; in short , all things whatsoever relating either to war or peace . Whether this be called a council , or any- thing else , the thing is ancient , though the name may be new ; and it is such an institution as no ...
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... army , and a great part of the people from almost every county in the kingdom , cried out with one voice for justice against the king , as being the sole author of all their calamities , I cannot but think , that these things were ...
... army , and a great part of the people from almost every county in the kingdom , cried out with one voice for justice against the king , as being the sole author of all their calamities , I cannot but think , that these things were ...
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... army to the com- monwealth . Upon which occasion I can observe only this , which yet I am loath to utter ; to wit , that our soldiers un- derstood themselves better than our senators ; and that they saved the commonwealth by their arms ...
... army to the com- monwealth . Upon which occasion I can observe only this , which yet I am loath to utter ; to wit , that our soldiers un- derstood themselves better than our senators ; and that they saved the commonwealth by their arms ...
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Page 47 - 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 484 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page iv - ... in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth, being but so many wild dreams, and their sentiments and language every way worthy of the matter.
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Page 71 - 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 shall have praise of the same: . for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 69 - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Page 66 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well.
Page 33 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Page 33 - When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me...