The Portent of Milton: Some Aspects of His GeniusW. Laurie, 1958 - 148 pages |
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... desires ; and these constitute the motive of epic or tragic genius , manifested by a modified operation of a similar ... desire or whim of a day , but the aspiration of a life . Such was the genesis of Paradise Lost : the sublimation in ...
... desires ; and these constitute the motive of epic or tragic genius , manifested by a modified operation of a similar ... desire or whim of a day , but the aspiration of a life . Such was the genesis of Paradise Lost : the sublimation in ...
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... desire of joyning to it selfe in conjugall fellowship a fit conversing soul ( which desire is properly call'd love ) is stronger then death ... an intelligible flame ( which becomes ) more ardent by being fail'd of what in reason it ...
... desire of joyning to it selfe in conjugall fellowship a fit conversing soul ( which desire is properly call'd love ) is stronger then death ... an intelligible flame ( which becomes ) more ardent by being fail'd of what in reason it ...
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... desire for fame sublimated in Lycidas , 19 ; early home influences , 22 , at Cambridge , 23 ; his blindness , 23 , 83-84 , 136 ; his tem- perament , 23 ; ' Patriotic piety ' , 24 , 46 ; egocentric genius , 24 ; and the Old Testament ...
... desire for fame sublimated in Lycidas , 19 ; early home influences , 22 , at Cambridge , 23 ; his blindness , 23 , 83-84 , 136 ; his tem- perament , 23 ; ' Patriotic piety ' , 24 , 46 ; egocentric genius , 24 ; and the Old Testament ...
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