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God is a " fountain of light " so dazzling that the angels , who are themselves creatures of pure light , must see him only through a veil of cloud that surrounds him " like a radiant shrine " ( III , 378 ) .
God is a " fountain of light " so dazzling that the angels , who are themselves creatures of pure light , must see him only through a veil of cloud that surrounds him " like a radiant shrine " ( III , 378 ) .
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But as Robert West makes clear in Milton and the Angels - there is every evidence of Protestant and Puritan reticence about belief in angels in Paradise Lost . Nowhere does Milton quite commit himself to so much as definite acceptance ...
But as Robert West makes clear in Milton and the Angels - there is every evidence of Protestant and Puritan reticence about belief in angels in Paradise Lost . Nowhere does Milton quite commit himself to so much as definite acceptance ...
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The Stairs were such as whereon Jacob saw Angels ascending and descending , bands Of Guardians bright , when he from Esau fled To Padan - Aram in the field of Luz , Dreaming by night under the open Sky , And waking cri'd , " This is the ...
The Stairs were such as whereon Jacob saw Angels ascending and descending , bands Of Guardians bright , when he from Esau fled To Padan - Aram in the field of Luz , Dreaming by night under the open Sky , And waking cri'd , " This is the ...
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Contents
Preface | vii |
Abbreviations of Titles of Periodicals Cited in the Notes | xiv |
Bibliography of Books Dealing Mainly with Paradise Lost | li |
Copyright | |
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