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Page 41
... Milton was certainly not one of them ; he had only justified what they had done . This justification was indeed sufficiently offensive ; and ( June 16 ) an order was issued to seize Milton's Defence , and Goodwin's Obstructors of ...
... Milton was certainly not one of them ; he had only justified what they had done . This justification was indeed sufficiently offensive ; and ( June 16 ) an order was issued to seize Milton's Defence , and Goodwin's Obstructors of ...
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... Milton to complain , required impudence at least equal to his other powers ; Milton , whose warmest advocates must allow , that he never spared any asperity of reproach or brutality of insolence . But the charge itself seems to be false ...
... Milton to complain , required impudence at least equal to his other powers ; Milton , whose warmest advocates must allow , that he never spared any asperity of reproach or brutality of insolence . But the charge itself seems to be false ...
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... Milton's character in domestick relations , is , that he was severe and ar- bitrary . His family consisted of women ; and there appears in his books something like a Turkish contempt of females , as sub- ordinate and inferior beings ...
... Milton's character in domestick relations , is , that he was severe and ar- bitrary . His family consisted of women ; and there appears in his books something like a Turkish contempt of females , as sub- ordinate and inferior beings ...
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Milton | 15 |
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