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... opening speech reads thus , in part : Before the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aërial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air , Amidst th ' Hesperian gardens ...
... opening speech reads thus , in part : Before the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aërial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air , Amidst th ' Hesperian gardens ...
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... opening sentence has sixteen lines , a sufficient example of what Milton in his preface refers to as " the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another . " We observed how the use of run - on lines and strong medial pauses ...
... opening sentence has sixteen lines , a sufficient example of what Milton in his preface refers to as " the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another . " We observed how the use of run - on lines and strong medial pauses ...
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... opening line , “ A little onward lend thy guiding hand , " is more than an injunction to his attendant . If Greek decorum is violated by the sense , especially in Samson , of an immediate relationship with God , the violation is hardly ...
... opening line , “ A little onward lend thy guiding hand , " is more than an injunction to his attendant . If Greek decorum is violated by the sense , especially in Samson , of an immediate relationship with God , the violation is hardly ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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