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Page 128
... turn out as he warned . The Parliamentarian Puritans , being politicians , managed to exculpate themselves from the murder of the King . When the chickens came home to roost in 1660 , the crime was brought home to the regicides who had ...
... turn out as he warned . The Parliamentarian Puritans , being politicians , managed to exculpate themselves from the murder of the King . When the chickens came home to roost in 1660 , the crime was brought home to the regicides who had ...
Page 240
... turn Of lucre and ambition , and the truth With superstitions and traditions taint , Left only in those written records pure , Though not but by the Spirit understood . He had become practically one with the Quakers , though he would ...
... turn Of lucre and ambition , and the truth With superstitions and traditions taint , Left only in those written records pure , Though not but by the Spirit understood . He had become practically one with the Quakers , though he would ...
Page 275
... turn out well from Milton's point of view . A priggish young Puritan at Oxford , addicted to fasts and prayer - meetings , when he went over to the Church he ' wrought himself dexterously by short graces and sermons , and a mimical way ...
... turn out well from Milton's point of view . A priggish young Puritan at Oxford , addicted to fasts and prayer - meetings , when he went over to the Church he ' wrought himself dexterously by short graces and sermons , and a mimical way ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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