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... fact , was said by everybody . Even the poetry of Anglican writers receives angry dismissal from this young prophet : And , when they list , their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw . · Is this the way ...
... fact , was said by everybody . Even the poetry of Anglican writers receives angry dismissal from this young prophet : And , when they list , their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw . · Is this the way ...
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... fact , she is so walled up in virtue that the temptation offered is no temptation at all , so that there is no real drama in the masque : it is just a beautiful exposition of its theme . These thoughts may startle well , but not astound ...
... fact , she is so walled up in virtue that the temptation offered is no temptation at all , so that there is no real drama in the masque : it is just a beautiful exposition of its theme . These thoughts may startle well , but not astound ...
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... fact , the persons and events of history : these are his truths . What was the status of myth with Milton ? How and how much did he believe of it ? Was the mythical factual to him ? He probably believed a great deal of it to be fact ...
... fact , the persons and events of history : these are his truths . What was the status of myth with Milton ? How and how much did he believe of it ? Was the mythical factual to him ? He probably believed a great deal of it to be fact ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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