The Life of John Milton: A Critical BiographyProviding a close examination of Milton's wide-ranging prose and poetry at each stage of his life, Barbara Lewalski reveals a rather different Milton from that in earlier accounts.
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... Puritan milieu that fostered in him qualities of self-discipline, diligent preparation for one's intended vocation, and responsibility before God for the development and use of one's talents, as well as a commitment to reformist ...
... Puritan milieu that fostered in him qualities of self-discipline, diligent preparation for one's intended vocation, and responsibility before God for the development and use of one's talents, as well as a commitment to reformist ...
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... Puritan leanings and con- siderable culture, on “the 9th ofDecember 1608 die Veneris [Friday] halfan howr after 6 in the morning,” as he himselfnoted in a family Bible.1 On December 20 he was baptized in his parish church ofAll Hallows ...
... Puritan leanings and con- siderable culture, on “the 9th ofDecember 1608 die Veneris [Friday] halfan howr after 6 in the morning,” as he himselfnoted in a family Bible.1 On December 20 he was baptized in his parish church ofAll Hallows ...
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... Puritan minister Richard Stock (1559?–1626) had been rector since 1611. Stock preached twice on Sunday, demanded strict observance of the Sabbath, inveighed against Roman Catholics and Jesuits, urged continuous reading ofthe Bible and ...
... Puritan minister Richard Stock (1559?–1626) had been rector since 1611. Stock preached twice on Sunday, demanded strict observance of the Sabbath, inveighed against Roman Catholics and Jesuits, urged continuous reading ofthe Bible and ...
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... Puritan clergy bent on preaching the Word of God, reforming morals, holding fast to Calvinist predestinarian theology, and bringing the government of the English church into closer harmony with the Presbyterian model in Geneva and ...
... Puritan clergy bent on preaching the Word of God, reforming morals, holding fast to Calvinist predestinarian theology, and bringing the government of the English church into closer harmony with the Presbyterian model in Geneva and ...
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... Puritan, Gil pointed him toward the tradition of Protestant rationalism from Hooker to the Cambridge Platonists. Gil was also an avid proponent ofEnglish spelling reform and the preservation of native Anglo-Saxon elements in the English ...
... Puritan, Gil pointed him toward the tradition of Protestant rationalism from Hooker to the Cambridge Platonists. Gil was also an avid proponent ofEnglish spelling reform and the preservation of native Anglo-Saxon elements in the English ...
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A Critical Biography Revised Edition 4 I Became Desirous of Seeing Foreign Parts Especially Italy 16381639 | 87 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 5 All Mouths Were Opened Against the Bishops 16391642 | 120 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 6 Domestic or Personal Liberty 16421645 | 154 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 7 Service Between Private Walls 16451649 | 198 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 8 The Socalled Council of State Desired to Employ My Services 16491652 | 236 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 11 The Last Words of Our Expiring Libertie 16581660 | 357 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 12 In Darknes and with Dangers Compast Round 16601665 | 398 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 13 Higher Argument Completing and Publishing Paradise Lost 16651669 | 442 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 14 To Try and Teach the Erring Soul 16691674 | 489 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition Epilogue Something Written to Aftertimes | 539 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition Notes | 548 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition Select Bibliography | 705 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition Index | 754 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 9 Tireless for the Sake of Liberty 16521654 | 278 |
A Critical Biography Revised Edition 10 I Still Bear Up and Steer Right Onward 16541658 | 319 |
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