A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 101
... attempt to silence thought . In form the Areopagitica is a majestic example of the classical oration . The title is that of a written speech of Isocrates addressed , in a private capacity , to the Athenian Court of the Areopagus . It ...
... attempt to silence thought . In form the Areopagitica is a majestic example of the classical oration . The title is that of a written speech of Isocrates addressed , in a private capacity , to the Athenian Court of the Areopagus . It ...
Page 123
... attempted to secure toleration even for Jews , he never became an open champion of that complete religious freedom for ... attempt to regulate it by external force can do only harm . Milton's plea is , as it was in Areopagitica , for ...
... attempted to secure toleration even for Jews , he never became an open champion of that complete religious freedom for ... attempt to regulate it by external force can do only harm . Milton's plea is , as it was in Areopagitica , for ...
Page 144
... of the other . The poem represents an 11 See below , p . 264 . 12 For the most learned commentary on the Nativity see Cook's Notes . attempt to continue the lofty religious vein which Milton had 144 A MILTON HANDBOOK.
... of the other . The poem represents an 11 See below , p . 264 . 12 For the most learned commentary on the Nativity see Cook's Notes . attempt to continue the lofty religious vein which Milton had 144 A MILTON HANDBOOK.
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