A Milton HandbookG. Bell, 1929 - 304 pages |
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Page 86
... 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 voluntary sacrifice ...
... 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 voluntary sacrifice ...
Page 139
... fact that they constitute Milton's earliest preserved poetry of any sort . They may be school exercises , but it seems more likely that they were written under the encouragement of Mil- ton's father , who was interested in the ...
... fact that they constitute Milton's earliest preserved poetry of any sort . They may be school exercises , but it seems more likely that they were written under the encouragement of Mil- ton's father , who was interested in the ...
Page 229
... fact that he has already served the Philistines ( with the old implication that he cannot regard himself as a being set apart ) . Their reasoning is met with a clear distinction between com- promise in things indifferent and the ...
... fact that he has already served the Philistines ( with the old implication that he cannot regard himself as a being set apart ) . Their reasoning is met with a clear distinction between com- promise in things indifferent and the ...
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