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Page 37
... passage in Book X , for example , he employs the repeated phrase ' Some say . . . ' as a means of saving himself from making any final commitment for or against the heliocentric theory , while yet allowing him to introduce it in a semi ...
... passage in Book X , for example , he employs the repeated phrase ' Some say . . . ' as a means of saving himself from making any final commitment for or against the heliocentric theory , while yet allowing him to introduce it in a semi ...
Page 117
... passage - walking on the marle , sinking in vacuity , raised by gusts , holding a spear and shield - demonstrates that Satan has a body and a determined form . Even the toad transformation can scarcely be regarded as a serious ...
... passage - walking on the marle , sinking in vacuity , raised by gusts , holding a spear and shield - demonstrates that Satan has a body and a determined form . Even the toad transformation can scarcely be regarded as a serious ...
Page 119
... passage upon which so much of Stein's argument rests , is an obvious echo of Psalm 2,4 which Milton's reader was expected to recall : ' He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord shall have his enemies in derision . Then ...
... passage upon which so much of Stein's argument rests , is an obvious echo of Psalm 2,4 which Milton's reader was expected to recall : ' He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord shall have his enemies in derision . Then ...
Contents
The Arch Antagonist | 50 |
Corporal Forms | 80 |
The War in Heaven | 116 |
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