Of Poetry and Politics: New Essays on Milton and His WorldP. G. Stanwood |
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... estates . By Milton's time the senses of the term " estate " had become high- ly charged . In England as in Europe , the older , general , and deepest - lying sense was that of a constituent order of society , as in the three estates ...
... estates . By Milton's time the senses of the term " estate " had become high- ly charged . In England as in Europe , the older , general , and deepest - lying sense was that of a constituent order of society , as in the three estates ...
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... estates language in England when Presbyterians like Walter Travers and Thomas Cartwright applied it to the analysis of church rather than civil government . They equated the normatively balanced and healthily mixed state with the ...
... estates language in England when Presbyterians like Walter Travers and Thomas Cartwright applied it to the analysis of church rather than civil government . They equated the normatively balanced and healthily mixed state with the ...
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... estates under the king . The three Scottish estates were understood to comprise , respectively , the bishops and abbots ; the higher and lower nobility — that is , the barons and shire commissioners ; and the representatives of the city ...
... estates under the king . The three Scottish estates were understood to comprise , respectively , the bishops and abbots ; the higher and lower nobility — that is , the barons and shire commissioners ; and the representatives of the city ...
Contents
Moving Toward Paradise | 1 |
The PreCriticism of Miltons Latin Verse Illustrated from | 17 |
Alpheus Arethusa and the Pindaric Pursuit in Lycidas | 35 |
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