 | Edwin Goadby - 1865 - 312 pages
...bearing upon it. The title ran, " The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ; proving that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for any who...tyrant or wicked king, and after due conviction, to dispose and put him to death, if the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to do it ; and that... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 328 pages
...pen of its great author, singularly eloquent. His aim was to prove that "it is lawful, and hath been so through all ages, for any who have the power, to...death, if the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied * From this statement it would seem that Milton had been hired to defend the government. This... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 pages
...Kings and Magistrates; proving that it is lawful, and hath been so held through all ages, for any «ho have the power, to call to account a tyrant or wicked...death, if the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to do it." Certainly, it would not be easy to express, in stronger terms, an author's resolution... | |
 | François Guizot - 1868 - 648 pages
...a kinsman of Bradshaw 'a, who had recently maintained, in an eloquent pamphlet, " that it is lawful to call to account a tyrant, or wicked king, and after due conviction, to depose and put him to death ! "2 That man was Milton. At the same time that it was engaged in the constitution of the Council of... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 pages
...the tenure of Kings and Magistrates, in which he showed that it is lawful, and hath been held so in all ages, for any who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king. In gratitude for this seasonable aid Cromwell's Government appointed him their Latin Secretary, with... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 356 pages
...participate but greatest and wisest men." THE TENURE OF KINGS AND MAGISTRATES : PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY, WHO...DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED, OR DENIED TO DO IT. AND THAT THEY WHO OF LATE SO MUCH BLAME DEPOSING, ARE THE MEN THAT DID IT THEMSELVES.... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 382 pages
...participate but greatest and wisest men." THE TENURE OF KINGS AND MAGISTRATES : PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY, WHO HAVE THE POWER, TO CALL TO ACCO ITXT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION, TO DEPOSE, AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...entitled The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ; in which he endeavours to show "that it is lawfull, and hath been held so through all ages, for any who...death ; if the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to doe it : and that they who of late so much blame deposing, are the men that did it themselves.... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 468 pages
...the publication (Feb. 1648-9) of his " Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, proving that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for any -who...put him to death, if the ordinary Magistrate have mglected to do it." It was a thorough-going Republican pamphlet, defending in every particular the... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 758 pages
...treatise entitled the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, in which he elaborately shews " that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for any who...power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king." This strong and seasonable argument, from the most powerful pen then extant, led to important advantages.... | |
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The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE... 
