The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... army ; and marching towards the woods , Brutus who had notice of his approach nigh to the town called Sparatinum , ( I know not what town , but certain of no Greek name ) over night planting himself there with good part of his men ...
... army ; and marching towards the woods , Brutus who had notice of his approach nigh to the town called Sparatinum , ( I know not what town , but certain of no Greek name ) over night planting himself there with good part of his men ...
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... army of her father's friends and fubjects , gives battle to her husband by the river Sture ; wherein Locrine , fhot with an arrow , ends his life . But not fo ends the fury of Guendolen ; for Eftrildis , and her daughter Sabra , fhe ...
... army of her father's friends and fubjects , gives battle to her husband by the river Sture ; wherein Locrine , fhot with an arrow , ends his life . But not fo ends the fury of Guendolen ; for Eftrildis , and her daughter Sabra , fhe ...
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... army , and fet her father upon his throne . Wherein her piety so profpered , as that the vanquished her impious fifters , with those dukes ; and Leir again , as faith the story , three years obtained the crown . To whom , dying , Cor ...
... army , and fet her father upon his throne . Wherein her piety so profpered , as that the vanquished her impious fifters , with those dukes ; and Leir again , as faith the story , three years obtained the crown . To whom , dying , Cor ...
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... army what was done , adds to them new courage , and gains a final victory . This Dunwallo was the firft in Britian that wore a crown of gold ; and therefore by fome reputed the first king . He eftablished the Molmutine laws , fa- mous ...
... army what was done , adds to them new courage , and gains a final victory . This Dunwallo was the firft in Britian that wore a crown of gold ; and therefore by fome reputed the first king . He eftablished the Molmutine laws , fa- mous ...
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... army this king , though not wanting fufficient numbers , chiefly by his own prowess overcame ; but difhonoured his victory by the cruel ufage of his prifoners , whom his own hands , or others in his prefence , put all to feveral deaths ...
... army this king , though not wanting fufficient numbers , chiefly by his own prowess overcame ; but difhonoured his victory by the cruel ufage of his prifoners , whom his own hands , or others in his prefence , put all to feveral deaths ...
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