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... interest in history as such . His reading in history was very wide , in Biblical and classical history , in European history as we have seen , and in English history . His interest was so great that he intended what would have been a ...
... interest in history as such . His reading in history was very wide , in Biblical and classical history , in European history as we have seen , and in English history . His interest was so great that he intended what would have been a ...
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... interest ; in other things following their immediate leaders . If you think the late miseries have made them wiser , that will quickly be forgot , and then we shall be no wiser than we were . ' We see this to be no less true today ...
... interest ; in other things following their immediate leaders . If you think the late miseries have made them wiser , that will quickly be forgot , and then we shall be no wiser than we were . ' We see this to be no less true today ...
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... interest for or pushed himself forward . - We may comment here that his reward had been not inconsiderable , as a ... interests in common with his own ; and , like Samson , he had suffered indignities from this wife and her relations ...
... interest for or pushed himself forward . - We may comment here that his reward had been not inconsiderable , as a ... interests in common with his own ; and , like Samson , he had suffered indignities from this wife and her relations ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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