Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.
'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 31
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Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.