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Page 140
... things uttered against their faith , their freedom , and themselves in their own doings made traitors to boot . The Divines also , their wizards , can be so brazen as to cry Hosanna to this his book . ' Actually , the striking thing ...
... things uttered against their faith , their freedom , and themselves in their own doings made traitors to boot . The Divines also , their wizards , can be so brazen as to cry Hosanna to this his book . ' Actually , the striking thing ...
Page 167
... 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 , with the people at ...
... 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 , with the people at ...
Page 215
... thing that could have happened to Milton . It forced him to drop dealing with the ephemera of politics , back upon his ... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . By a pleasant irony Paradise Lost received its imprimatur from Laud's ...
... thing that could have happened to Milton . It forced him to drop dealing with the ephemera of politics , back upon his ... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . By a pleasant irony Paradise Lost received its imprimatur from Laud's ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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