A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 188
... fact alone would have deterred him , Quiller - Couch 8 believes the closing of the theaters in 1642 to have determined his change of plan , arguing that he had intended his " Adam Unparadised " for actual performance as a revived mys ...
... fact alone would have deterred him , Quiller - Couch 8 believes the closing of the theaters in 1642 to have determined his change of plan , arguing that he had intended his " Adam Unparadised " for actual performance as a revived mys ...
Page 199
... fact , craftily held back till the progress of the debate demanded it - the ex- istence of an undefended world peopled by creatures liable to attack - a matchless opportunity for the satisfaction of a revenge as fierce as Moloch's by ...
... fact , craftily held back till the progress of the debate demanded it - the ex- istence of an undefended world peopled by creatures liable to attack - a matchless opportunity for the satisfaction of a revenge as fierce as Moloch's by ...
Page 306
... fact that both are ominous of impending calamity . But there is still more . Satan is a serpent- " Ophiuchus " means " holder of serpents " ; hence the comet is appro- priately said to fire the length of this particular constella- 306 A ...
... fact that both are ominous of impending calamity . But there is still more . Satan is a serpent- " Ophiuchus " means " holder of serpents " ; hence the comet is appro- priately said to fire the length of this particular constella- 306 A ...
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