John Milton: the Patriot and PoetPartridge & Oakey, 1852 - 235 pages |
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... Charles Dickens , Esq . Handsomely gilt , 2s . 6d . THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE , from the Commencement of the 16th Century to the year 1850. Cloth , 5s . POPULAR HISTORY OF IRELAND , from the earliest period to the present time : by ...
... Charles Dickens , Esq . Handsomely gilt , 2s . 6d . THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE , from the Commencement of the 16th Century to the year 1850. Cloth , 5s . POPULAR HISTORY OF IRELAND , from the earliest period to the present time : by ...
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... Charles I. was not a great period in the history of English literature , and the writings of Milton were more in the Italian vein of poetry , than suited to the taste of his own countrymen . He first visited Paris , and by the favour of ...
... Charles I. was not a great period in the history of English literature , and the writings of Milton were more in the Italian vein of poetry , than suited to the taste of his own countrymen . He first visited Paris , and by the favour of ...
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... Charles , having broken the peace , was attempting to renew the war with the Scotch . The autobio- graphic notices we have quoted , are from the Second Defence of the People of England , and form a part of an eloquent defence of his ...
... Charles , having broken the peace , was attempting to renew the war with the Scotch . The autobio- graphic notices we have quoted , are from the Second Defence of the People of England , and form a part of an eloquent defence of his ...
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... Charles I. attempted to govern by absolute authority , without the sanction of parliament : . he was a lawless king ; he acknowledged no right in his people to remonstrate with him , or to refuse him subsidies of money . One of the ...
... Charles I. attempted to govern by absolute authority , without the sanction of parliament : . he was a lawless king ; he acknowledged no right in his people to remonstrate with him , or to refuse him subsidies of money . One of the ...
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... Charles I. is usually sheltered from the remarks of those who impeach his character , by eulogies * See Clarendon's History of the Rebellion , VIII . , 624 -627 ; and especially Warburton's notes . upon his private virtues ; but there ...
... Charles I. is usually sheltered from the remarks of those who impeach his character , by eulogies * See Clarendon's History of the Rebellion , VIII . , 624 -627 ; and especially Warburton's notes . upon his private virtues ; but there ...
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