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Page 149
... Satan denounces as a lucky general with heavier armament is an absolute which cannot possibly be overthrown , so that the devils ' plots and acts are futile products of corruption and blind- ness . While Satan assuredly compasses the ...
... Satan denounces as a lucky general with heavier armament is an absolute which cannot possibly be overthrown , so that the devils ' plots and acts are futile products of corruption and blind- ness . While Satan assuredly compasses the ...
Page 151
... Satan utters his first soliloquy ( IV . 32 f . ) , a grim contrast with the poet's invocation to Light which had opened book three . No longer haranguing his followers , Satan admits all his wickedness , and he reminds us of Faustus as ...
... Satan utters his first soliloquy ( IV . 32 f . ) , a grim contrast with the poet's invocation to Light which had opened book three . No longer haranguing his followers , Satan admits all his wickedness , and he reminds us of Faustus as ...
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... Satan now makes a nobler proposal which is the more insidious because it had once presented itself to Christ's own mind ( a parallel object had animated Milton ) -the patriotic deliverance of Israel from Rome . In Christ's refusal the ...
... Satan now makes a nobler proposal which is the more insidious because it had once presented itself to Christ's own mind ( a parallel object had animated Milton ) -the patriotic deliverance of Israel from Rome . In Christ's refusal the ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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