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Page 54
... weakness is in the very form of woman . As the uprightness of both Adam and Eve is godlike , one mark of their dignity , so the brow of Adam marks him for contemplation and valor , for thought and for action , and his eye for rule . As ...
... weakness is in the very form of woman . As the uprightness of both Adam and Eve is godlike , one mark of their dignity , so the brow of Adam marks him for contemplation and valor , for thought and for action , and his eye for rule . As ...
Page 62
... weakness he finds in himself , attrib- uting it to some flaw in his composition , or to a change in his composition resultant from the creation of Eve : Or Nature faild in mee , and left some part Not proof enough such Object to sustain ...
... weakness he finds in himself , attrib- uting it to some flaw in his composition , or to a change in his composition resultant from the creation of Eve : Or Nature faild in mee , and left some part Not proof enough such Object to sustain ...
Page 71
... weakness . Hunger is part . " In making Eve fall through vanity and curiosity for new experience , " says Hanford , Adam through blind passion , Milton points to what he believes the characteristic weaknesses respectively of man and ...
... weakness . Hunger is part . " In making Eve fall through vanity and curiosity for new experience , " says Hanford , Adam through blind passion , Milton points to what he believes the characteristic weaknesses respectively of man and ...
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Abdiel accept action Adam and Eve Adam's affirmation agent Areopagitica argument Beelzebub bliss Buzfuz Christian Doctrine Columbia Milton command consequences of disobedience creation creatures death delight demonstration devil Dial Press disobedience divine E. M. W. Tillyard Earth enemy enmity enthymeme envy Eve's exaltation example faith fall fallen angels follows Fortunate Fall freedom glory God's justice grace Grierson Hanford happier happiness hate hath Heaven Hell Herbert Grierson human Ibid innocence John Milton judgment justify knowledge liberty man's mankind means mercy merit mind moral narrative nature obedience obey Paradise Lost passage passion persuasion poem poet poetry pride prohibition proof Raphael reader Reason of Church Renaissance repent Reprinted by permission revolt rhetorical right reason rule Satan's rebellion seek Smectymnuus soliloquy speak speech stand story sure temptation thee things thou thought Tillyard tion true truth vertu VIII virtue warning wisdom words