Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing (Classic Reprint)1kg Limited, 2019 M02 10 - 478 pages Excerpt from Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing Greeks. He had learnt the memorable efficacy with which Panegyries, or festal conventions of the citizens, had co-operated with their popular form of Government on the ingenious and illuminated inhabitants of Attica in the formation of the Athenian character he therefore allowed to his fancy somewhat more than an imaginary range, when he intimated a wish to occupy by festive Observances of a similar description the anniversary intervals our ancestors gave up to pleasurable relaxation, and thus to turn their festivities and diversions to moral advantage. It was in the exordial Section to the second Book on Church Government, that he pointed out to those who then guided the public councels this course for the Improvement of the occasion which Offered itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |