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Page 114
1 , calls her Urania ) , passes into a direct prayer to the Divine Spirit . Compare
the passage from The Reason of Church Government , quoted Introd . p . 48. That
Milton believed himself to be , in some real sense , an inspired man , admits of ...
1 , calls her Urania ) , passes into a direct prayer to the Divine Spirit . Compare
the passage from The Reason of Church Government , quoted Introd . p . 48. That
Milton believed himself to be , in some real sense , an inspired man , admits of ...
Page 115
1 , 2 , the phrase is " And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters ; ”
but “ brooded , " or “ hovered , ” is said to be a more exact rendering of the
Hebrew word than “ moved ; ” and the very comparison “ dove - like ; " to illustrate
the ...
1 , 2 , the phrase is " And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters ; ”
but “ brooded , " or “ hovered , ” is said to be a more exact rendering of the
Hebrew word than “ moved ; ” and the very comparison “ dove - like ; " to illustrate
the ...
Page 123
They were , Milton virtually says , the spirits afterwards known as the chief gods of
the Semitic nations -of the nations surrounding the Jews — and of which , and
their transactions with the Jews , we hear so much in the Bible . Accordingly , in ...
They were , Milton virtually says , the spirits afterwards known as the chief gods of
the Semitic nations -of the nations surrounding the Jews — and of which , and
their transactions with the Jews , we hear so much in the Bible . Accordingly , in ...
Page 124
The appended observation as to the pliability of the physical form of the Spirits is
worthy of attention , as preparing for much that follows in the poem . The
dilatability or compressibility of the Spirits at will is a postulate for the whole
action of ...
The appended observation as to the pliability of the physical form of the Spirits is
worthy of attention , as preparing for much that follows in the poem . The
dilatability or compressibility of the Spirits at will is a postulate for the whole
action of ...
Page 125
Having concluded his list of those great leading Spirits who afterwards became
the chief gods of the Semitic nations , Milton does not think it necessary to
mention those other inferior , though still not unimportant , Spirits , also holding ...
Having concluded his list of those great leading Spirits who afterwards became
the chief gods of the Semitic nations , Milton does not think it necessary to
mention those other inferior , though still not unimportant , Spirits , also holding ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Editors | John Mitford, David Masson |
| Publisher | J. R. Osgood, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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