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Page 208
The angel perhaps detects in Adam's suggestion of a disproportion in God's creation a tendency to pick flaws in , rather than to admire , the scheme of things .
The angel perhaps detects in Adam's suggestion of a disproportion in God's creation a tendency to pick flaws in , rather than to admire , the scheme of things .
Page 254
It was first mentioned in connection with Paradise Lost in 1727 by Voltaire , who said that Milton derived his suggestion for writing it from having seen a performance of this play on his Italian journey . The relationship is apparently ...
It was first mentioned in connection with Paradise Lost in 1727 by Voltaire , who said that Milton derived his suggestion for writing it from having seen a performance of this play on his Italian journey . The relationship is apparently ...
Page 260
To distinguish the Spenserian element in Paradise Lost is not so easy , but a suggestion of its importance is afforded by Milton's praise of Spenser in Areopagitica as a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas and by his remark to Dryden ...
To distinguish the Spenserian element in Paradise Lost is not so easy , but a suggestion of its importance is afforded by Milton's praise of Spenser in Areopagitica as a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas and by his remark to Dryden ...
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