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Page 76
... tract . ' All the reading and argumentation that went into Mil- ton's divorce tracts were due to the necessity he was under to square his reason , and his interests , with Scripture . This kind of nonsense had no reality for Selden ...
... tract . ' All the reading and argumentation that went into Mil- ton's divorce tracts were due to the necessity he was under to square his reason , and his interests , with Scripture . This kind of nonsense had no reality for Selden ...
Page 93
... tracts , the Areopagitica of 1644 , the most famous of Milton's prose works - at least that most frequently spoken of ... tract , written in the hope of persuading Parliament to withdraw its Licensing Order , in favour of freedom to ...
... tracts , the Areopagitica of 1644 , the most famous of Milton's prose works - at least that most frequently spoken of ... tract , written in the hope of persuading Parliament to withdraw its Licensing Order , in favour of freedom to ...
Page 95
... tract : there is no evidence that it had any effect . Power was what mattered in politics , and to politi- cians . - Nor to be fair to them - was there anything practical in what Milton proposed . Milton suggested post - publication ...
... tract : there is no evidence that it had any effect . Power was what mattered in politics , and to politi- cians . - Nor to be fair to them - was there anything practical in what Milton proposed . Milton suggested post - publication ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
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