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Page 119
... Presbyterians THE inspiration which gave a new phase to Milton's prose writ- ings and brought him European notice was the ' judicial ' murder of the King - the bringing of ' the Man of Blood ' to judgment , as the small minority of ...
... Presbyterians THE inspiration which gave a new phase to Milton's prose writ- ings and brought him European notice was the ' judicial ' murder of the King - the bringing of ' the Man of Blood ' to judgment , as the small minority of ...
Page 123
... Presbyterians , for withdrawing from the bloody business of executing the King , when they had been responsible for over- throwing him . In Milton's indignation he almost overlooks the King's misdeeds - those are assumed to get at his ...
... Presbyterians , for withdrawing from the bloody business of executing the King , when they had been responsible for over- throwing him . In Milton's indignation he almost overlooks the King's misdeeds - those are assumed to get at his ...
Page 130
... Presbyterians , cheated of power at the last moment – by their own ineptitude and meanness towards their army , and ... Presbyterians , I mean to those who now of late would seem so much to abhor deposing , when as they to all ...
... Presbyterians , cheated of power at the last moment – by their own ineptitude and meanness towards their army , and ... Presbyterians , I mean to those who now of late would seem so much to abhor deposing , when as they to all ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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