Part of: The Prose Works of John Milton, 2 vols. The Prose Works of John Milton, vol. 2
- Rufus Wilmot Griswold (editor)
- John Milton (author)
Vol. 2 of a mid-19th century 2 volume of Milton’s most significant prose works. Vol. 2 contains The Ready and Easy way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, The History of Britain, Of True Religion, and other works.
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Presidents, Kings, Tyrants, & Despots
… yet I hope it will be no difficult matter for me to defend them from the insolence of this silly little scholar, and from that saucy tongue of his, at least. Nature and laws would be in an ill case, if slavery should find what to say for itself, and liberty be mute: and if tyrants should find men…
Critical Responses
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Milton and TolerationSharon Achinstien and Elizabeth Sauer
This book discusses the tolerance and intolerance Milton promoted in his prose and poetry.
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The English Works, vol. III (Leviathan)Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes argues the validity of monarchy from a social contract theory.
