 | David Masson - 1880 - 874 pages
...' Handbook of London, Art. Croat. and Magistrates : proving that it is lawful, and hath been held W through all ages, for any who have the power, to call...wicked King, and, after due conviction, to depose anil put him to death. Remember that this pamphlet was partly written while King Charles was on his... | |
 | David Masson - 1873 - 754 pages
...them, 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...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
...them, 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...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 - English poetry - 1874 - 468 pages
...in a very public and emphatic manner, by the publication (Feb. 1648-9) of his " Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, proving that it is lawful, and hath been...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
...published 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...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.... | |
 | Bernard Quaritch (Firm) - Antiquarian booksellers - 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,... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...tyrants: this was 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...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... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - Literary Criticism - 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.... | |
 | conte Lorenzo Magalotti, W E K Middleton - History - 1980 - 174 pages
...John Milton, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: Proving That it is Laivfull... To Call to A ccount a Tyrant, or Wicked King, and After Due Conviction to Depose and Put Him to Death (London, 1649). Thomas May, Historiae parliament! Angliae (London, 1650). George Rzte,Elenchus motuum... | |
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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... 
