Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 23
... second death , who has read the dusky characters on the portal within which there is no hope , who has hidden his face from the terrors of the Gorgon , who has fled from the hooks and the seething pitch of Barbariccia and Draghignazzo ...
... second death , who has read the dusky characters on the portal within which there is no hope , who has hidden his face from the terrors of the Gorgon , who has fled from the hooks and the seething pitch of Barbariccia and Draghignazzo ...
Page 37
... candid construction . The bold assertions of these people have of late impressed a large portion of the public with an opinion that James the Second was expelled simply because he was a Catholic , and that the Revolution.
... candid construction . The bold assertions of these people have of late impressed a large portion of the public with an opinion that James the Second was expelled simply because he was a Catholic , and that the Revolution.
Page 38
... had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution and condemn the Rebellion , mention one act of James the Second THE GREAT REBELLION JUSTIFIED 39 to which a parallel is 38 MILTON.
... had been a continued course of oppression and treachery . Let those who applaud the Revolution and condemn the Rebellion , mention one act of James the Second THE GREAT REBELLION JUSTIFIED 39 to which a parallel is 38 MILTON.
Page 40
... the former ? Were they again to be cozened by le Roi le veut ? Were they again to advance their money on pledges which had been forfeited over and over again ? Were they to PRIVATE VIRTUE AND PUBLIC VICE 41 lay a second Petition 40 MILTON.
... the former ? Were they again to be cozened by le Roi le veut ? Were they again to advance their money on pledges which had been forfeited over and over again ? Were they to PRIVATE VIRTUE AND PUBLIC VICE 41 lay a second Petition 40 MILTON.
Page 41
... Second no private virtues ? Was Oliver Cromwell , his bitterest enemies themselves being judges , destitute of private virtues ? And what , after all , are the virtues ascribed to Charles ? A religious zeal , not more sincere than that ...
... Second no private virtues ? Was Oliver Cromwell , his bitterest enemies themselves being judges , destitute of private virtues ? And what , after all , are the virtues ascribed to Charles ? A religious zeal , not more sincere than that ...
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