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... Comus , but if the masque is to be more than a faded document in intellectual history , the objections should also be met by contemporary argument . If my contention about Comus ' abstractness is correct , many such objections can be ...
... Comus , but if the masque is to be more than a faded document in intellectual history , the objections should also be met by contemporary argument . If my contention about Comus ' abstractness is correct , many such objections can be ...
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... Comus deludes himself into believing his meteoric crew to be of the " purer fire " of the first stance and his " pert Fairies " and " dapper Elves " ( 1. 118 ) to be like angels . They are instead like their counterparts , the fallen ...
... Comus deludes himself into believing his meteoric crew to be of the " purer fire " of the first stance and his " pert Fairies " and " dapper Elves " ( 1. 118 ) to be like angels . They are instead like their counterparts , the fallen ...
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... Comus ( " Shepherd lead on ” ) . He can recognize a shepherd , but does not yet perceive the type of the true Shepherd who would give his life for his flock . Therefore the fourth debate , returning the Lady to direct con- test with Comus ...
... Comus ( " Shepherd lead on ” ) . He can recognize a shepherd , but does not yet perceive the type of the true Shepherd who would give his life for his flock . Therefore the fourth debate , returning the Lady to direct con- test with Comus ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Il Penseroso Arcades and At a Solemn | 21 |
Full Consort in On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 27 |
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