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Page 48
... truth was divided between rival camps , and that no one position was an adequate account of reality . Although this had been ' proved ' , it had been proved only as fact : hardly anyone accepted it , and Milton certainly did not . But ...
... truth was divided between rival camps , and that no one position was an adequate account of reality . Although this had been ' proved ' , it had been proved only as fact : hardly anyone accepted it , and Milton certainly did not . But ...
Page 55
... truth , but it is a perversion to which the truth is open . The fault derives from the myth in Genesis , but it is there as a fact in Milton's poem , as are all the other problems that are in- evitable concomitants of the Christian ...
... truth , but it is a perversion to which the truth is open . The fault derives from the myth in Genesis , but it is there as a fact in Milton's poem , as are all the other problems that are in- evitable concomitants of the Christian ...
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... Truth will paint it , and as Bards will not ( 53-4 ) * - which fairly raises the question of how far a picture and a painting , however concerned to put over truth , can of their very nature do so an issue reminiscent of that raised by ...
... Truth will paint it , and as Bards will not ( 53-4 ) * - which fairly raises the question of how far a picture and a painting , however concerned to put over truth , can of their very nature do so an issue reminiscent of that raised by ...
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