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Page 97
... truth Milton is no less self - contradictory and confused . To license or prohibit is to misdoubt the strength of truth . There follows a reflection upon the Presbyterian posses- sors of truth : ' he who hears what praying there is for ...
... truth Milton is no less self - contradictory and confused . To license or prohibit is to misdoubt the strength of truth . There follows a reflection upon the Presbyterian posses- sors of truth : ' he who hears what praying there is for ...
Page 150
... truth thy glorious way hast ploughed . We know by now that ' truth ' means Milton's idea of truth ; but ' peace ' ! ... Cromwell had ploughed his way through shattering campaigns , against the Scots , against the Irish , against the ...
... truth thy glorious way hast ploughed . We know by now that ' truth ' means Milton's idea of truth ; but ' peace ' ! ... Cromwell had ploughed his way through shattering campaigns , against the Scots , against the Irish , against the ...
Page 226
... truth , in word mightier than they in arms - And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach , far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care : To stand approved in God , though worlds Judged thee perverse ...
... truth , in word mightier than they in arms - And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach , far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care : To stand approved in God , though worlds Judged thee perverse ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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