Prose Works of John MiltonJ.B. Alden, 1885 - 486 pages |
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Page 12
... people slacken , and fall to looseness and riot , then do they as much as if they laid down their necks for some wild tyrant to get up and ride . Thus learnt Cy- rus to tame the Lydians , whom by arms he 12 FROM THE TREATISE.
... people slacken , and fall to looseness and riot , then do they as much as if they laid down their necks for some wild tyrant to get up and ride . Thus learnt Cy- rus to tame the Lydians , whom by arms he 12 FROM THE TREATISE.
Page 22
... tyrant that mischiefs the world with his mines of Ophir , and lies thirsting to revenge his naval ruins that have larded our seas : but let them all take counsel together , and let it come to naught ; let them decree , and do thou ...
... tyrant that mischiefs the world with his mines of Ophir , and lies thirsting to revenge his naval ruins that have larded our seas : but let them all take counsel together , and let it come to naught ; let them decree , and do thou ...
Page 92
... tyrants as were content to enforce only an outward obedi- ence , letting the mind be as free as it could ; but these have freed us from a doctrine of tyranny , that offered violence and corruption even to the inward persuasion . They ...
... tyrants as were content to enforce only an outward obedi- ence , letting the mind be as free as it could ; but these have freed us from a doctrine of tyranny , that offered violence and corruption even to the inward persuasion . They ...
Page 93
John Milton. But cruel burdens , imposed not by necessity , as other tyrants are wont , for the safeguard of their lives , but laid upon our necks by the strange wilfulness and wantonness of a needless and jolly persecutor , called ...
John Milton. But cruel burdens , imposed not by necessity , as other tyrants are wont , for the safeguard of their lives , but laid upon our necks by the strange wilfulness and wantonness of a needless and jolly persecutor , called ...
Page 170
... TYRANTS . F men within themselves would be gov erned by reason , and not generally give up their understanding to a ... tyrant of a nation . But , being slaves within doors , no wonder that they strive so much to have the public state ...
... TYRANTS . F men within themselves would be gov erned by reason , and not generally give up their understanding to a ... tyrant of a nation . But , being slaves within doors , no wonder that they strive so much to have the public state ...
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