The Portent of Milton: Some Aspects of His GeniusW. Laurie, 1958 - 148 pages |
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... written especially for the occasion . The work , taken as a whole , is impressionist and speculative rather than biographical or critical in any formal sense . This is natural , since the essays were written , for the most part ...
... written especially for the occasion . The work , taken as a whole , is impressionist and speculative rather than biographical or critical in any formal sense . This is natural , since the essays were written , for the most part ...
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... written for a social celebration , enabled him to try out the philosophy he had elected for himself , of celestial ... written five years later than the Mask , he praises absolute chastity , or celibacy , in ecstatic terms . At what time ...
... written for a social celebration , enabled him to try out the philosophy he had elected for himself , of celestial ... written five years later than the Mask , he praises absolute chastity , or celibacy , in ecstatic terms . At what time ...
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... written Encomiums , which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps , I began thus farre to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home , and not lesse to an inward prompting which now grew daily ...
... written Encomiums , which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps , I began thus farre to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home , and not lesse to an inward prompting which now grew daily ...
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