The Portent of Milton: Some Aspects of His GeniusW. Laurie, 1958 - 148 pages |
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... human nature ; he would understand that they were behaving normally on their anthropological level . Milton , with his idealism , beheld his fellow - countrymen as on his own level ; therefore that they should be cheated in their ...
... human nature ; he would understand that they were behaving normally on their anthropological level . Milton , with his idealism , beheld his fellow - countrymen as on his own level ; therefore that they should be cheated in their ...
Page 76
... human species ; a difference of potentials continually tending towards equilibrium and neutralization . And this paradoxical state of genius is not only the cause , but the very quality of poetic creation ; as , indeed , is indicated in ...
... human species ; a difference of potentials continually tending towards equilibrium and neutralization . And this paradoxical state of genius is not only the cause , but the very quality of poetic creation ; as , indeed , is indicated in ...
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... human government ; it is the liberty , Lords and Commons , which your own valorous and happy counsels have purchast us , liberty which is the nurse of all great wits ; this is that which hath rarify'd and enlighten'd our spirits like ...
... human government ; it is the liberty , Lords and Commons , which your own valorous and happy counsels have purchast us , liberty which is the nurse of all great wits ; this is that which hath rarify'd and enlighten'd our spirits like ...
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