The works of John Milton in verse and prose, with a life of the author by J. Mitford, Volume 81851 |
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... Ships . The King told them he could not undertake their Protection , till he had imparted the matter to the people ; " For , fays be , if I should make a promise to you , I fhould not " be able to perform it , unless I confult with them ...
... Ships . The King told them he could not undertake their Protection , till he had imparted the matter to the people ; " For , fays be , if I should make a promise to you , I fhould not " be able to perform it , unless I confult with them ...
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... ship : In the Circus Maximus they used to adore the People , as I have faid already out of Tacitus and Claudian . But as heretofore many private perfons have fold themselves into flavery , fo a whole Nation may . Thou Goal - bird of a ...
... ship : In the Circus Maximus they used to adore the People , as I have faid already out of Tacitus and Claudian . But as heretofore many private perfons have fold themselves into flavery , fo a whole Nation may . Thou Goal - bird of a ...
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... ship betwixt them , and Slaves , or Beafts . Secondly , They that come to the Crown by Conqueft , cannot ac- knowledg themselves to have receiv'd from the People the Power they ufurp . We are not now difcourfing of a Conqueror , but of ...
... ship betwixt them , and Slaves , or Beafts . Secondly , They that come to the Crown by Conqueft , cannot ac- knowledg themselves to have receiv'd from the People the Power they ufurp . We are not now difcourfing of a Conqueror , but of ...
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... ship firft began . Why truly thefe rare Puritans began in Queen Elizabeths time to crawl out of Hell , and disturb not only the Church , but the State likewife ; for they are no less plagues to the latter than to the former . Now your ...
... ship firft began . Why truly thefe rare Puritans began in Queen Elizabeths time to crawl out of Hell , and disturb not only the Church , but the State likewife ; for they are no less plagues to the latter than to the former . Now your ...
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... ship enter'd into by our Ancestors with your most Noble City , has continu'd to this day , we both willingly acknowledg , together with your felves ; nor is it a thing difpleafing to us , frequently alfo to call to our remembrance . But ...
... ship enter'd into by our Ancestors with your most Noble City , has continu'd to this day , we both willingly acknowledg , together with your felves ; nor is it a thing difpleafing to us , frequently alfo to call to our remembrance . But ...
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Page 38 - Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, "What doest thou?" Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Page 53 - 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 81 - 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 39 - Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 385 - December, 1657, we find John Milton, as Cromwell's Secretary, writing the letters of credence, — to which we have already alluded, and which are found among Milton's printed letters, both in English and in Latin, — accrediting Downing as minister to "the High and Mighty Lords, the States of the United Provinces," in which the Protector speaks of " a long trial of his fidelity, probity, and diligence, in several and various negotiations.
Page 65 - I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, "Give me a king and princes?" I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Page 77 - Submit yourfelves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's fake ; whether it be to the king, as fupreme; or...
Page 252 - ... that it was not an- act of fury or madness, but that it was wholly out of love to your liberty, your religion, to justice, virtue, and your country, that you punished a tyrant. But if it should fall out otherwise (which God forbid), if, as you have been valiant in war, you should grow debauched in peace...
Page 83 - thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth " not the fword in vain : for he is the minifter of God, <« a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.
Page 83 - Do that which is good, and thou fhalt have"praife of the fame, for he is the minifter of God to thee for good : but if thou do that which is evil, be afraid, for he beareth not the fword in vain : for he is the minifter of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.