A Milton HandbookG. Bell, 1929 - 304 pages |
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Page 86
... blindness , the fact of which had been roughly alluded to by Du Moulin as a punishment visited upon him by God for his sins . Milton's own meditations on the subject had re- sulted in the feeling that his blindness was in part a ...
... blindness , the fact of which had been roughly alluded to by Du Moulin as a punishment visited upon him by God for his sins . Milton's own meditations on the subject had re- sulted in the feeling that his blindness was in part a ...
Page 283
... blindness ; but I cannot do it ; and I must submit to the affliction . It is not so wretched to be blind , as it is not to be capable of enduring blindness . But why should I not endure a misfortune which it behooves every one to be ...
... blindness ; but I cannot do it ; and I must submit to the affliction . It is not so wretched to be blind , as it is not to be capable of enduring blindness . But why should I not endure a misfortune which it behooves every one to be ...
Page 287
... blindness to yours ; yours is a cloud spread over the mind , which darkens both the light of reason and of conscience ; mine keeps from my view only the coloured surfaces of things , while it leaves me at liberty to contem- plate the ...
... blindness to yours ; yours is a cloud spread over the mind , which darkens both the light of reason and of conscience ; mine keeps from my view only the coloured surfaces of things , while it leaves me at liberty to contem- plate the ...
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