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Page xiii
... understanding between himself and many of his coarser - grained fellow students ; he wants his readers to know that he found better audience in literary academies in Italy than he did in English society ; we can see how various major ...
... understanding between himself and many of his coarser - grained fellow students ; he wants his readers to know that he found better audience in literary academies in Italy than he did in English society ; we can see how various major ...
Page 141
... understanding of heresy , and , as in Areopagitica , there is a relishing of the existence of many voices labouring individually towards the truth : God had revealed the way of eternal salvation only to the individ- ual faith of each ...
... understanding of heresy , and , as in Areopagitica , there is a relishing of the existence of many voices labouring individually towards the truth : God had revealed the way of eternal salvation only to the individ- ual faith of each ...
Page 174
... understanding of Providence , which Adam has learnt , has also been further demonstrated to the reader , because the sequence of episodes is such that the powers of evil are always followed in the narration by the reactions of the ...
... understanding of Providence , which Adam has learnt , has also been further demonstrated to the reader , because the sequence of episodes is such that the powers of evil are always followed in the narration by the reactions of the ...
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the Vacation Exercise and Early Latin | 1 |
the Nativity Ode | 19 |
Italy Politics and the Voice of Authority | 59 |
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