Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 pages |
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Page 9
... followed the dissolution of the Oxford Parliament , and that , in conse- quence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been brought to the office in which it had been found . But * Joannis Miltoni , Angli , de Doctrina ...
... followed the dissolution of the Oxford Parliament , and that , in conse- quence of a general seizure of his papers , this work may have been brought to the office in which it had been found . But * Joannis Miltoni , Angli , de Doctrina ...
Page 47
... followed his decease are the most complete vindication of those who ex- erted themselves to uphold his authority . For his death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the parliament , the different corps of the ...
... followed his decease are the most complete vindication of those who ex- erted themselves to uphold his authority . For his death dissolved the whole frame of society . The army rose against the parliament , the different corps of the ...
Page 73
... followed . Left to the conduct of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed - who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than the state which they served- -who ...
... followed . Left to the conduct of men who neither loved those whom they defended , nor hated those whom they opposed - who were often bound by stronger ties to the army against which they fought than the state which they served- -who ...
Page 74
... followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure . Cowardice was , there ...
... followed from this state of things were still more remarkable . Among the rude nations which lay beyond the Alps , valour was absolutely indispensable . Without it none could be eminent ; few could be secure . Cowardice was , there ...
Page 154
... followed by any thing with which they harmonize . They give to the whole book something of the grotesque character of those Chinese pleasure - grounds , in which perpendicular rocks of granite start up in the midst of a soft green plain ...
... followed by any thing with which they harmonize . They give to the whole book something of the grotesque character of those Chinese pleasure - grounds , in which perpendicular rocks of granite start up in the midst of a soft green plain ...
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