The Fierce Equation: A Study of Milton's Decorum |
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... language is flexible and dynamic but Milton's propriety is not finally relativistic . The ends of discourse are the glorification of God , to repair the ruin of our first parents , to offer a lively sacrifice to God . All language bends ...
... language is flexible and dynamic but Milton's propriety is not finally relativistic . The ends of discourse are the glorification of God , to repair the ruin of our first parents , to offer a lively sacrifice to God . All language bends ...
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... language for Milton , for Archbishop Laud it is the enemy of church - government . We can mention a whole series of ... language . In the Smectymnuan controversy , for example , each party comments at length on the way the other side ...
... language for Milton , for Archbishop Laud it is the enemy of church - government . We can mention a whole series of ... language . In the Smectymnuan controversy , for example , each party comments at length on the way the other side ...
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... language then he that made the tongue ... Whereas God who is the author both of purity and eloquence , chose this ... language , its embellish- ment . Almost everywhere he insists on the suppleness , flexibility , and range of language ...
... language then he that made the tongue ... Whereas God who is the author both of purity and eloquence , chose this ... language , its embellish- ment . Almost everywhere he insists on the suppleness , flexibility , and range of language ...
Contents
Decorum from the Prose | 49 |
Decorum in the Verse | 105 |
Afterword | 155 |
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