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Page 52
... spirit of the Old Testament they made their gospel : ' speedy and vehement were the reformations of all the good kings of Judah , though the people had been nuzzled in idolatry ever so long before ' . He finished with a peroration which ...
... spirit of the Old Testament they made their gospel : ' speedy and vehement were the reformations of all the good kings of Judah , though the people had been nuzzled in idolatry ever so long before ' . He finished with a peroration which ...
Page 58
... spirit of Hooker had expounded it ; elect spirits such as Clarendon , Hales and Falkland , scholars like Ussher and Andrewes , Camden and Hakluyt and Spelman all found it sufficient and uninhibiting to their work . The Ang- lican Church ...
... spirit of Hooker had expounded it ; elect spirits such as Clarendon , Hales and Falkland , scholars like Ussher and Andrewes , Camden and Hakluyt and Spelman all found it sufficient and uninhibiting to their work . The Ang- lican Church ...
Page 108
... spirits , perhaps appropriately , are - than as poet or writer of political tracts . He is writing , he says , ' for ... spirit in the realm of the mind , John Milton . - His personal character , his gifts , his prejudices and defects ...
... spirits , perhaps appropriately , are - than as poet or writer of political tracts . He is writing , he says , ' for ... spirit in the realm of the mind , John Milton . - His personal character , his gifts , his prejudices and defects ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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