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... Charles Diodati belonged to a distinguished international family of Italian Protestants , with roots and contacts in Venice , Geneva , the Netherlands , Paris and London . Charles's father , Theodore , was an eminent doctor who had ...
... Charles Diodati belonged to a distinguished international family of Italian Protestants , with roots and contacts in Venice , Geneva , the Netherlands , Paris and London . Charles's father , Theodore , was an eminent doctor who had ...
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... Charles I was an intriguer , but he was not a hypocrite . He was a sincere and convinced Anglican . - To their impossibilism the Presbyterian magnates of Parlia- ment added the stupidity of offending their Army , which had won the war ...
... Charles I was an intriguer , but he was not a hypocrite . He was a sincere and convinced Anglican . - To their impossibilism the Presbyterian magnates of Parlia- ment added the stupidity of offending their Army , which had won the war ...
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... Charles's reign , the 1630s when he maintained peace and cultivated the arts , are described as merely ' voluptuous ' and ' idle ' , ' without care or thought , as if to be a king had been nothing else but to eat and drink , and have ...
... Charles's reign , the 1630s when he maintained peace and cultivated the arts , are described as merely ' voluptuous ' and ' idle ' , ' without care or thought , as if to be a king had been nothing else but to eat and drink , and have ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
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