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Page 34
... known ; but Milton and his nephew Philips , under whose name he published an answer so much corrected by him that it might be called his own , imputed it to Bramhal ; † and , knowing him no friend to regicides , thought themselves at ...
... known ; but Milton and his nephew Philips , under whose name he published an answer so much corrected by him that it might be called his own , imputed it to Bramhal ; † and , knowing him no friend to regicides , thought themselves at ...
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... known . Milton would hardly have contended , but that he knew himself to have right on his side . He then removed to Jewin - street , near Aldersgate - street ; and being blind , and by no means wealthy , wanted a domestick companion ...
... known . Milton would hardly have contended , but that he knew himself to have right on his side . He then removed to Jewin - street , near Aldersgate - street ; and being blind , and by no means wealthy , wanted a domestick companion ...
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... known , or little regarded , they awakened no popular kindness or resentment : the book never became much the subject of conversation ; some read it as contemporary history , and some perhaps as a model of epis- tolary language ; but ...
... known , or little regarded , they awakened no popular kindness or resentment : the book never became much the subject of conversation ; some read it as contemporary history , and some perhaps as a model of epis- tolary language ; but ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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