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... beginnings for what were now the eighth and twelfth books ; some small changes were made ; and the argu- ment was ... beginning of the poem seem to favor 1657-1658 , though some would put it earlier . Certainly the heroic and moving ...
... beginnings for what were now the eighth and twelfth books ; some small changes were made ; and the argu- ment was ... beginning of the poem seem to favor 1657-1658 , though some would put it earlier . Certainly the heroic and moving ...
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... beginning of the second book of the Reason of Church Government Milton had distinguished between the " lower wisdom " of natural science and " the only high valuable wisdom " of the reli- gious and righteous life . Among the century's ...
... beginning of the second book of the Reason of Church Government Milton had distinguished between the " lower wisdom " of natural science and " the only high valuable wisdom " of the reli- gious and righteous life . Among the century's ...
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... beginning of the third the grouping of strong stresses accentuates the thematic ideas . In line four the feminine caesura ( one that comes after a weak syllable ) heightens the idea of something gone wrong , while the phrases that ...
... beginning of the third the grouping of strong stresses accentuates the thematic ideas . In line four the feminine caesura ( one that comes after a weak syllable ) heightens the idea of something gone wrong , while the phrases that ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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