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... faith . In spite of , or because of , his surging , struggling emo- tions , Milton was never a more completely classical artist than he is here , both in the particular sense of his using a genre of notably specific conventions and in ...
... faith . In spite of , or because of , his surging , struggling emo- tions , Milton was never a more completely classical artist than he is here , both in the particular sense of his using a genre of notably specific conventions and in ...
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... faith or manners . " Apart from these reservations , Milton expresses unbounded confidence in progressive enlightenment through free discussion , in the power of truth to win its way against error , and in the special capacity of his ...
... faith or manners . " Apart from these reservations , Milton expresses unbounded confidence in progressive enlightenment through free discussion , in the power of truth to win its way against error , and in the special capacity of his ...
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... faith in Providence can surmount . The fallen world is one of crime , disease and decay , licentiousness , oppression , war- So all shall turn degenerate , all depraved , Justice and temperance , truth and faith forgot . Noah's flood is ...
... faith in Providence can surmount . The fallen world is one of crime , disease and decay , licentiousness , oppression , war- So all shall turn degenerate , all depraved , Justice and temperance , truth and faith forgot . Noah's flood is ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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