John Milton, EnglishmanGollancz, 1950 - 314 pages |
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... blindness Milton recalls only the hard work , the high ambition , and the delight which he took in literature , particularly poetry . It is in a defence of his personality against an attack which had made his blindness a visitation of ...
... blindness Milton recalls only the hard work , the high ambition , and the delight which he took in literature , particularly poetry . It is in a defence of his personality against an attack which had made his blindness a visitation of ...
Page 173
... blindness . I have already suggested that his first reaction on reading the Clamor was one of surrender . By now ... blindness ; but I cannot do it ; and I must submit to the affliction . It is not so wretched to be blind , as it is not ...
... blindness . I have already suggested that his first reaction on reading the Clamor was one of surrender . By now ... blindness ; but I cannot do it ; and I must submit to the affliction . It is not so wretched to be blind , as it is not ...
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... blindness to yours ; yours is a cloud spread over the mind , which darkens both the light of reason and of con- science ; mine keeps from my view only the coloured surfaces of things , while it leaves me at liberty to contemplate the ...
... blindness to yours ; yours is a cloud spread over the mind , which darkens both the light of reason and of con- science ; mine keeps from my view only the coloured surfaces of things , while it leaves me at liberty to contemplate the ...
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