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... admired the younger Gill's excessively . This young man was of an all too familiar disposition , up against authority . At Oxford he challengingly drank a toast to Buckingham's assassin , coupling it with disre- spectful words about ...
... admired the younger Gill's excessively . This young man was of an all too familiar disposition , up against authority . At Oxford he challengingly drank a toast to Buckingham's assassin , coupling it with disre- spectful words about ...
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... admired as a preacher . A High Churchman who believed in Catholic order , he was a celibate , so that no family claims disputed his widespread charity . An adherent of ritual , he was notably tolerant of those who disagreed with him ...
... admired as a preacher . A High Churchman who believed in Catholic order , he was a celibate , so that no family claims disputed his widespread charity . An adherent of ritual , he was notably tolerant of those who disagreed with him ...
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... admiration only of weak minds Led captive ; cease to admire and all her plumes Fall flat , and shrink into a trivial toy . Christ ( Milton ) was of more exalted mind than the susceptible , if wise , Solomon : Made and set wholly on the ...
... admiration only of weak minds Led captive ; cease to admire and all her plumes Fall flat , and shrink into a trivial toy . Christ ( Milton ) was of more exalted mind than the susceptible , if wise , Solomon : Made and set wholly on the ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
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