Milton's Prose Tracts as a Gloss on Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson AgonistesStanford University, 1971 - 648 pages |
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Page 73
... cause according to its ability to succeed : " a cause is neither proved good by suc- cess , nor shown to be evil . We insist , not that our cause be judged by the outcome , but that the outcome be judged by the cause . " ( Second ...
... cause according to its ability to succeed : " a cause is neither proved good by suc- cess , nor shown to be evil . We insist , not that our cause be judged by the outcome , but that the outcome be judged by the cause . " ( Second ...
Page 213
... cause , that simply for it to win in the end would justify it as having been a good cause . So we ought to suspect that he would not in his drama expect his readers to assume that Jehovah's victory over Dagon proved either His or ...
... cause , that simply for it to win in the end would justify it as having been a good cause . So we ought to suspect that he would not in his drama expect his readers to assume that Jehovah's victory over Dagon proved either His or ...
Page 254
... cause is a private one or when he has not the practical power to defend a public cause : I was no private but a person rais'd With strength sufficient and command from Heav'n To free my Country . I was to do my part from Heav'n assign'd ...
... cause is a private one or when he has not the practical power to defend a public cause : I was no private but a person rais'd With strength sufficient and command from Heav'n To free my Country . I was to do my part from Heav'n assign'd ...
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