Milton's Prose Tracts as a Gloss on Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson AgonistesStanford University, 1971 - 648 pages |
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Page 89
... strength They measure all , of other excellence Not emulous , nor care who them excels . ( VI , 817-822 ) With this reference to an unnatural separation of " strength " from " other excellence " we are immersed in the issue which was ...
... strength They measure all , of other excellence Not emulous , nor care who them excels . ( VI , 817-822 ) With this reference to an unnatural separation of " strength " from " other excellence " we are immersed in the issue which was ...
Page 90
... strength conceal'd , Which tempted our attempt . ( I , 638-642 ) John Peter , on the contrary , finds this part of the story involving Satan's original motivation implausible because , he says , Satan must have known that God was ...
... strength conceal'd , Which tempted our attempt . ( I , 638-642 ) John Peter , on the contrary , finds this part of the story involving Satan's original motivation implausible because , he says , Satan must have known that God was ...
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... strength of his Maker : Then who created thee lamenting learn , When who can uncreate thee thou shalt know . ( V , 894-895 ) But creation employs a greater power than sheer strength . We have remarked the difference in kind between the ...
... strength of his Maker : Then who created thee lamenting learn , When who can uncreate thee thou shalt know . ( V , 894-895 ) But creation employs a greater power than sheer strength . We have remarked the difference in kind between the ...
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