John MiltonHoughton, Mifflin, 1881 - 104 pages |
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Page 49
... ment and severity of style which characterize these little pieces remind us of the Greek Anthology , or perhaps still more of the Col- lects of the English Liturgy . The noble poem on the Massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in ...
... ment and severity of style which characterize these little pieces remind us of the Greek Anthology , or perhaps still more of the Col- lects of the English Liturgy . The noble poem on the Massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in ...
Page 77
... ment a voice in the appointment of ministers , and left to it the whole legislative authority , not even reserving to himself a veto on its enactments ; and he did not require that the chief magistracy should be hereditary in his family ...
... ment a voice in the appointment of ministers , and left to it the whole legislative authority , not even reserving to himself a veto on its enactments ; and he did not require that the chief magistracy should be hereditary in his family ...
Page 79
... ment of the liberal and magnanimous usurper . The institutions which he had established , as set down in the Instrument of Govern- ment , and the Humble Petition and Advice , were excellent . His practice , it is true , too often ...
... ment of the liberal and magnanimous usurper . The institutions which he had established , as set down in the Instrument of Govern- ment , and the Humble Petition and Advice , were excellent . His practice , it is true , too often ...
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