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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Ibid. No. 95, 96. I have been disposed to conjecture, that Milton, so far from lending his pen to vilify the Long …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… of England," (1695,) p. 19. "Of British affairs," says Milton, "from the first peopling of the island to the coming … first published in 1641, just after his return from Italy, Milton regrets that while "the Athenians, as some say, made … p. 67. See vol. i. p. 404, ad fin. "He told them," says Milton, "with a masterly brow, that by this. Act he had …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… economy has, I think, been generally admitted, and Milton's remark justified, that "the trappings of a monarchy …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the High Court of Justice; but, upon the mediation of John Milton and others, he was saved, and had liberty allowed him … gratefully remembered this service, in the hour of Milton's imminent peril, on the Restoration, See Richardson, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… both by Episcopalian clergy, and "plain Presbyter,"—Milton's "Priest writ large." See "Mr. Bodurda," supra, p. …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… but as more probably supposed, by the celebrated Mr. John Milton, Latin Secretary to Cromwell." This must, surely, have been a calumny on the pen of Milton. See Vol. ii. p. 67, note *. I have in my possession a …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the Presbyterian Thomas Edwards, the shallow Edwards in Milton's sonnet, speaks of "Paul Best's damnable doctrines …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… of this world. Who does not prefer the language which Milton ascribes to the Saviour, when Satan would urge the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… one of the rationes ultimœ regum, who, according to Milton, "though strong in legions, are but weak at …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… †. "Lucius, a supposed king in some part of Britain," says Milton, "was the first of any king in Europe, that we read … who wrote componitur, the account of this royal conversion Milton condescended to narrate from the monkish historians, … effect upon them, toiling till that time without success." Milton further relates, that "Edwin to his faith adding …