 | David Masson - 1873 - 754 pages
...inculcate Republican beliefs on his countrymen, and prove to them above all this proposition: " That it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for...ordinary Magistrate have neglected or denied to " do it." The pamphlet was not to come out in time to bear practically on the deed which it justified; but, while... | |
 | David Masson - 1873 - 750 pages
...all this proposition : " That it is lawful, and hath teen held so through all ages, for " any ivho have the power, to call to account a Tyrant, or wicked...ordinary Magistrate have neglected or denied to " do it." The pamphlet was not to come out in time to bear practically on the deed which it justified; but, while... | |
 | David Masson - 1873 - 752 pages
...inculcate Republican beliefs on his countrymen, and prove to them above all this proposition : " That it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for...power, to call to account a Tyrant, or wicked " King, mid, after due conviction, to depose and put him to " death, if the ordinary Magistrate have neglected... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 468 pages
...manner, by 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...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
...a 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...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.... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 136 pages
...the execution of Charles I., Milton issued his Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, arguing that 'it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for any who have the power ta call to account a tyrant or wicked king.' Shortly after this service to the republican party he... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...of Kings and Magistrates: Proving that it is Lawful and hath been so Held in all Ages, for 'any that have the Power, to Call to Account a Tyrant or Wicked King, and, after Conviction duly had, to Depose and Put him to Death, if the ordinary Magistrate have neglected or denied... | |
 | Bernard Quaritch (Firm) - 1902 - 1250 pages
...half calf 1644 — | THE TENURE OF | KINGS | AND | MAGISTRATES : | PROVING, | That it is Lawful 1, and hath been | held so through all Ages, for any,...to call to account a ] Tyrant, or wicked KING, and »fter j due conviction, to depose, and put | him to death ; if the ordinary MA- | GISTRATE have neglected,... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 pages
...was Tenure, with its basic argument plainly displayed in the subtitle : Proving, that it is Lawfull, and hath been held so through all Ages, for any, who...death; if the ordinary Magistrate have neglected, or deny'd to doe it. And that they, who of late, so much blame Deposing, are the Men that did it themselves.... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates designed to prove— in the words of its subtitle— "that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for...conviction, to depose, and put him to death, if the ordinary magistrates have neglected or denied to do it. And that they who of late so much blame deposing, are... | |
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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... 
