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... tion his political thinking would take . The Tenure echoed political theorists from Aristotle up to 1649. If it pre- sented no novel ideas , it was a reasoned and vigorous summary of traditional “ democratic " thought in relation to the ...
... tion his political thinking would take . The Tenure echoed political theorists from Aristotle up to 1649. If it pre- sented no novel ideas , it was a reasoned and vigorous summary of traditional “ democratic " thought in relation to the ...
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... tion , in contrast with the three following iambs that depict the bright world about him . In the second line the rising - one might say struggling - rhythm of the first half ( an anapest and two iambs ) shifts to a trochee in " total ...
... tion , in contrast with the three following iambs that depict the bright world about him . In the second line the rising - one might say struggling - rhythm of the first half ( an anapest and two iambs ) shifts to a trochee in " total ...
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... tion for an English author and private citizen . The first four of these , to be sure , were short . The identity of the anonymous biographer - whose account was not printed— has occasioned much discussion ; perhaps the most likely ...
... tion for an English author and private citizen . The first four of these , to be sure , were short . The identity of the anonymous biographer - whose account was not printed— has occasioned much discussion ; perhaps the most likely ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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