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And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to...

John Milton: His Life and Times, Religious and Political Opinions: With an ... - Page 284
by Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 397 pages
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Milton (Bailey)

John Bailey - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 172 pages

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The Imperfect Friend: Emotion and Rhetoric in Sidney, Milton, and Their Contexts

Wendy Olmsted - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 313 pages

..."the book of knowledge fair ... expunged and razed,' calls for 'celestial light' to 'shine inward' that 'I may see and tell /Of things invisible to mortal sight' (III.46-7, 49, 51-2, 54-5). Solitude allows for inspiration, which brings to view its own proper world....

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