Paradise Lost - Milton's Pamphlets Flashcards
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The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649): “A tyrant…”
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649): “A tyrant, whether by wrong or by right coming to the crown, is he who, regarding neither law nor the common good, reigns only for himself and his faction”
A Defence of the People of England (1651): “It is not fitting…
A Defence of the People of England (1651): “It is not fitting nor worthy for a man to be king unless he far excels all the rest”
A Second Defence of the English People (1654): “There is nothing…”
A Second Defence of the English People (1654): “There is nothing in human society more pleasing to God… nothing in the state more just… than the rule of the man most fit to rule. All know you to be that man, Cromwell!”
A Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth (1660): “What madness is it…”
A Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth (1660): “What madness is it, for them who might manage nobly thir own affairs themselves, sluggishly and weakly to devolve all on a single person”
A Readie and Easie Way (1660): “[A] free Commonwealth… [is] held by wisest men in all ages the noblest, the manliest, the equalest, the justest government, the most agreeable to… proportioned equalitie”
A Readie and Easie Way (1660): “[A] free Commonwealth…”
