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Page 171
... sense of the English people ; he was prepared to be patient , leaving the Presbyterians and Independents ' alone awhile to convert one another , till they do both mend ' . ( Paradoxically , this rather pompous man had a sense of humour ...
... sense of the English people ; he was prepared to be patient , leaving the Presbyterians and Independents ' alone awhile to convert one another , till they do both mend ' . ( Paradoxically , this rather pompous man had a sense of humour ...
Page 202
... sense would suggest and historical sense corroborates . C. S. Lewis was perversely anti - historical ; his minimisation of the heretical in Paradise Lost is merely parti pris – contrary to common sense and to the historic fact . - On ...
... sense would suggest and historical sense corroborates . C. S. Lewis was perversely anti - historical ; his minimisation of the heretical in Paradise Lost is merely parti pris – contrary to common sense and to the historic fact . - On ...
Page 255
... sense with it . The massive sense , and authority , of Masson make no bones about it : ' we have no information as to the date of the composition , except what is conveyed in the poem itself . That certifies it beyond all doubt as a ...
... sense with it . The massive sense , and authority , of Masson make no bones about it : ' we have no information as to the date of the composition , except what is conveyed in the poem itself . That certifies it beyond all doubt as a ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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