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... appears that this passion was hardly as religious as one might expect . There was , at bottom , in Milton himself , very little religious fury ; his vehemence was always directed against some form of reli- 1 The Prose of Milton Selected ...
... appears that this passion was hardly as religious as one might expect . There was , at bottom , in Milton himself , very little religious fury ; his vehemence was always directed against some form of reli- 1 The Prose of Milton Selected ...
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... appear as a future Calvin , but as a second Homer ; and surely here is the most intimate proof that there was nothing of the fanatic about John Milton the father : an over - religious family would have coveted the fame of a reformer for ...
... appear as a future Calvin , but as a second Homer ; and surely here is the most intimate proof that there was nothing of the fanatic about John Milton the father : an over - religious family would have coveted the fame of a reformer for ...
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... appears for the first time that England is a nation specially chosen of God , and that England must prove worthy of that choice : The pleasing pursuit of these thoughts hath oftimes led me into a serious question and debatement with ...
... appears for the first time that England is a nation specially chosen of God , and that England must prove worthy of that choice : The pleasing pursuit of these thoughts hath oftimes led me into a serious question and debatement with ...
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... appear by a threefold corruption which will be found upon them . 1. The best times were spreadingly infected . 2. The best men of those times foully tainted . 3. The best writings of those men dangerously adulterated . These positions ...
... appear by a threefold corruption which will be found upon them . 1. The best times were spreadingly infected . 2. The best men of those times foully tainted . 3. The best writings of those men dangerously adulterated . These positions ...
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... appear , when we shall know them not only to have saved us from greatest miseries past , but to have reserved us for greatest happiness to come ! Hitherto thou hast but freed us , and that not fully , from the unjust and tyrannous claim ...
... appear , when we shall know them not only to have saved us from greatest miseries past , but to have reserved us for greatest happiness to come ! Hitherto thou hast but freed us , and that not fully , from the unjust and tyrannous claim ...
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