ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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Page x
... thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing . " - Reason of Church Government , P. W. II . 482. Milton disliked in particular the episcopal ...
... thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing . " - Reason of Church Government , P. W. II . 482. Milton disliked in particular the episcopal ...
Page xi
... thought . This period of self - centred isolation lasted from 1632 to 1637. Gibbon tells us among the many wise things contained in that most wise book the Autobiography , that every man has two educations : that which he receives from ...
... thought . This period of self - centred isolation lasted from 1632 to 1637. Gibbon tells us among the many wise things contained in that most wise book the Autobiography , that every man has two educations : that which he receives from ...
Page xii
... thought were passing , the clash between the care- less , pleasure - seeking Cavalier world and the deepening austerity of Puritanism . In L'Allegro the poet holds the balance almost equal between the two opposing tendencies . In Il ...
... thought were passing , the clash between the care- less , pleasure - seeking Cavalier world and the deepening austerity of Puritanism . In L'Allegro the poet holds the balance almost equal between the two opposing tendencies . In Il ...
Page xiv
... thoughts - the question of Church - reform , edu- cation , marriage , and , above all , politics . and Educa- tion . Milton's first treatise upon the government of the Pamphlets Established Church ( Of Reformation touch- on the Church ...
... thoughts - the question of Church - reform , edu- cation , marriage , and , above all , politics . and Educa- tion . Milton's first treatise upon the government of the Pamphlets Established Church ( Of Reformation touch- on the Church ...
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... thoughts from time to time ; but even as early as 1641 the story of the lost Paradise began to assume prominence . Still , even when the subject was definitely chosen , the question of its treatment- dramatic or epic - remained . Milton ...
... thoughts from time to time ; but even as early as 1641 the story of the lost Paradise began to assume prominence . Still , even when the subject was definitely chosen , the question of its treatment- dramatic or epic - remained . Milton ...
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