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... hundred and fourteenth and the one hundred and thirty - sixth Psalms into English verse . These have won high praise from most critics , as being clear , firmly worded , and harmoni- ous . The translations are mainly of interest now ...
... hundred and fourteenth and the one hundred and thirty - sixth Psalms into English verse . These have won high praise from most critics , as being clear , firmly worded , and harmoni- ous . The translations are mainly of interest now ...
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... hundred and sixty members , constituting the bulk of the Presbyterian strength , and leaving fifty or sixty Independents to carry on the government : thus , to use the phrase of the time , " purged the house . " Before this " rump ...
... hundred and sixty members , constituting the bulk of the Presbyterian strength , and leaving fifty or sixty Independents to carry on the government : thus , to use the phrase of the time , " purged the house . " Before this " rump ...
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... riod in the receipt of an annual salary of two hundred pounds from the government as Latin Secretary , making in all a very comfortable and handsome income . CHAPTER XII . GREAT as Milton's English reputation now was 172 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
... riod in the receipt of an annual salary of two hundred pounds from the government as Latin Secretary , making in all a very comfortable and handsome income . CHAPTER XII . GREAT as Milton's English reputation now was 172 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
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