Of Poetry and Politics: New Essays on Milton and His WorldP. G. Stanwood |
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... king's power from being " pure , " that is , absolute ; identical in the second entry are the people's good will as a condition on rule and the people's well - being as the concern that will uniformly characterize a king ( thus ...
... king's power from being " pure , " that is , absolute ; identical in the second entry are the people's good will as a condition on rule and the people's well - being as the concern that will uniformly characterize a king ( thus ...
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... 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 and town ...
... 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 and town ...
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... king are the earlier modern ana- logues of executive power : enforcing a royal proclamation without legislative warrant or dispensing with the force of some law ( residual in our notion of “ executive clemency " ) . 16 The former of ...
... king are the earlier modern ana- logues of executive power : enforcing a royal proclamation without legislative warrant or dispensing with the force of some law ( residual in our notion of “ executive clemency " ) . 16 The former of ...
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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