Liberty and Love: English Literature and Society, 1640-88 |
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... truth ( that is to say , the triumph of their particular con- ception of ultimate religious truth ) in this world . If , accordingly , tolerance was advocated , it was usually as a means to the end of sectarian triumph . It was within ...
... truth ( that is to say , the triumph of their particular con- ception of ultimate religious truth ) in this world . If , accordingly , tolerance was advocated , it was usually as a means to the end of sectarian triumph . It was within ...
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... Truth . [ VI , II . 29–32 ] For Milton the greatest merit of the poem was its literal and detailed truth , as it still was for Dr Johnson in the eighteenth century , though it also met the demands made in the criticism of Bacon and ...
... Truth . [ VI , II . 29–32 ] For Milton the greatest merit of the poem was its literal and detailed truth , as it still was for Dr Johnson in the eighteenth century , though it also met the demands made in the criticism of Bacon and ...
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... truth , it nevertheless has an impressive imaginative coherence . The imaginative coherence of Paradise Lost conveys a profound understanding of at least the grimmer sides of human experience . Whatever the shortcomings of Milton's ...
... truth , it nevertheless has an impressive imaginative coherence . The imaginative coherence of Paradise Lost conveys a profound understanding of at least the grimmer sides of human experience . Whatever the shortcomings of Milton's ...
Contents
List of abbreviations | 11 |
viewpoint | 19 |
a Parliamentarian viewpoint | 34 |
Copyright | |
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