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Page 256
... Samson Agonistes . ” To reverse the tradi- tional order shows neither historical nor much literary sense - as in the more notorious case of Shakespeare's Sonnets . 10 So , too , with the autobiographical inspiration of Samson , quite as ...
... Samson Agonistes . ” To reverse the tradi- tional order shows neither historical nor much literary sense - as in the more notorious case of Shakespeare's Sonnets . 10 So , too , with the autobiographical inspiration of Samson , quite as ...
Page 261
... Samson's fate flowed from his disastrous marriage , and Milton puts it down to his weakness : he had married out of ... Samson had to accuse himself . Like Samson , he had married a Philistine woman one not of his own tribe , and having ...
... Samson's fate flowed from his disastrous marriage , and Milton puts it down to his weakness : he had married out of ... Samson had to accuse himself . Like Samson , he had married a Philistine woman one not of his own tribe , and having ...
Page 267
... Samson beguiles the officer sent by the Philistines to bring him to them with : And for a life who will not change his purpose ? It is very obvious that Samson - Milton would not . Then follows the dismissive reflection : So mutable are ...
... Samson beguiles the officer sent by the Philistines to bring him to them with : And for a life who will not change his purpose ? It is very obvious that Samson - Milton would not . Then follows the dismissive reflection : So mutable are ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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