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Page 155
... Commonwealth , Milton had remained quiet- ly domesticated at Holborn , a passive specta- tor of the tragedy about to be enacted ; his pen resting from controversy , and employed in the composition of a history of England , only six ...
... Commonwealth , Milton had remained quiet- ly domesticated at Holborn , a passive specta- tor of the tragedy about to be enacted ; his pen resting from controversy , and employed in the composition of a history of England , only six ...
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... Commonwealth , " which he sadly hoped might not contain " the last words of expiring liberty . " This he addressed to General Monk , then governor of Scotland and commander of the Puritan army in that kingdom , to which posts he had ...
... Commonwealth , " which he sadly hoped might not contain " the last words of expiring liberty . " This he addressed to General Monk , then governor of Scotland and commander of the Puritan army in that kingdom , to which posts he had ...
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... Commonwealth be a failure ? " And what will they at best say of us , and of the whole English name , but scof- fingly , as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour , who began to build a tower , and was not able to finish it ...
... Commonwealth be a failure ? " And what will they at best say of us , and of the whole English name , but scof- fingly , as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour , who began to build a tower , and was not able to finish it ...
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