Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Rinehart, 1950 - 376 pages This book is an invitation to the reading of Milton. The major portion of the volumes consists of sixteen extended essays and studies from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries." -- Preface. |
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Page 162
... fact that the Calvinistic theology is no longer a subject of con- troversy . It has become possible at last to approach him dispas- sionately , with due sympathy for whatever we may recover of permanently true and valid from the ...
... fact that the Calvinistic theology is no longer a subject of con- troversy . It has become possible at last to approach him dispas- sionately , with due sympathy for whatever we may recover of permanently true and valid from the ...
Page 177
... fact , and yet that fact , real in itself , is a symbol of moral facts . The events of Scripture , the life of Jesus himself , are a sort of poetical alle- gory used by God , who , instead of writing in a book words that have two ...
... fact , and yet that fact , real in itself , is a symbol of moral facts . The events of Scripture , the life of Jesus himself , are a sort of poetical alle- gory used by God , who , instead of writing in a book words that have two ...
Page 280
... fact correct . It is mischievously practised when that which he summons the passions to aid is , in fact , un- reason , and dishonestly practised when he himself knows that it is unreason . The proper use is lawful and necessary because ...
... fact correct . It is mischievously practised when that which he summons the passions to aid is , in fact , un- reason , and dishonestly practised when he himself knows that it is unreason . The proper use is lawful and necessary because ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison Six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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