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... Smectymnuus . From The Second Defence of the People of England OF EDUCATION THE READY AND EASY WAY TO ESTABLISH A FREE COMMONWEALTH Notes PAGE vii I 69 84 89 99 • 119 • 163 INTRODUCTION ON the eve of the Puritan revolution in August PR ...
... Smectymnuus . From The Second Defence of the People of England OF EDUCATION THE READY AND EASY WAY TO ESTABLISH A FREE COMMONWEALTH Notes PAGE vii I 69 84 89 99 • 119 • 163 INTRODUCTION ON the eve of the Puritan revolution in August PR ...
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... England and assured that they could not get it from the Assembly , they appealed to Parliament and the public by publishing an " Apologeticall Narration ' ( January , 1644 ) . This was in effect a challenge to the ancient authority of ...
... England and assured that they could not get it from the Assembly , they appealed to Parliament and the public by publishing an " Apologeticall Narration ' ( January , 1644 ) . This was in effect a challenge to the ancient authority of ...
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... England is emerging from her long night of ignorance , it is time that such tyranny be de- stroyed . 66 ' Areopagitica " showed where Milton would be found in the next act of the national struggle . He was still pre- paring for the ...
... England is emerging from her long night of ignorance , it is time that such tyranny be de- stroyed . 66 ' Areopagitica " showed where Milton would be found in the next act of the national struggle . He was still pre- paring for the ...
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... England had forsworn was displayed as nevertheless the law of God's universe . In " Samson Agonistes " ( 1671 ) came a supreme rendering of the human tragedy of defeat which Milton could not but believe to be the ultimate proof of the ...
... England had forsworn was displayed as nevertheless the law of God's universe . In " Samson Agonistes " ( 1671 ) came a supreme rendering of the human tragedy of defeat which Milton could not but believe to be the ultimate proof of the ...
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... ENGLAND " This is true liberty , when free - born men , Having to advise the public , may speak free , Which he who can , and will , deserves high praise ; Who neither can , nor will , may hold his peace : What can be juster in a state ...
... ENGLAND " This is true liberty , when free - born men , Having to advise the public , may speak free , Which he who can , and will , deserves high praise ; Who neither can , nor will , may hold his peace : What can be juster in a state ...
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abroad AREOPAGITICA Areopagus Aristotle Assembly authority better bishops called cause chief Christian church Church of England Cicero civil Comenius conscience corruption defence diligence discipline divine doctrine Eikon Basilike England English episcopacy evil faith fear free commonwealth freedom God's grand council happy Hartlib hath honour inquisition John Selden judgment king kingship knowledge labour Latin learning lest liberty licensing lords and commons magistrates marriage matters ment Milton mind nation never opinion pamphlets parliament PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND peace perhaps perpetual Plato poem poet praise prelates printed prohibited Ready and Easy reason reformation religion Rome Royalist Samuel Hartlib schisms sects and schisms senate shew SMECTYMNUUS soon spirit Star Chamber studies suppress taught things thou thought tion true truth tyranny virtue whenas wherein whereof whole WILLIAM HALLER wisdom wise worthy write yoke youth