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... theme of fecundity ; yet the method has a distinct purpose here , not so much to describe potential surfeit in nature but to reveal the speaker's moral disorder . One last comment may be made on a work that invites many . Nothing shows ...
... theme of fecundity ; yet the method has a distinct purpose here , not so much to describe potential surfeit in nature but to reveal the speaker's moral disorder . One last comment may be made on a work that invites many . Nothing shows ...
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... themes in the concrete terms of epic action . The philosophic Virgil came nearest Milton in his doubly abstract theme , not only the moral growth of a divinely guided hero but the divinely ordained mission of Rome , yet this was more ...
... themes in the concrete terms of epic action . The philosophic Virgil came nearest Milton in his doubly abstract theme , not only the moral growth of a divinely guided hero but the divinely ordained mission of Rome , yet this was more ...
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... theme and restores the great exemplar to his humble setting : Thus they the Son of God , our Saviour meek , Sung Victor , and from heavenly feast refreshed Brought on his way with joy ; he unobserved Home to his mother's house private ...
... theme and restores the great exemplar to his humble setting : Thus they the Son of God , our Saviour meek , Sung Victor , and from heavenly feast refreshed Brought on his way with joy ; he unobserved Home to his mother's house private ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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