Paradise LostThompson and Thomas, 1901 - 311 pages |
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... natural and the supernatural ; but the gods and goddesses at their disposal were so humanized already in the imagination of their contemporaries , as to be little other than men and women . But it was not so with Milton . The angel ...
... natural and the supernatural ; but the gods and goddesses at their disposal were so humanized already in the imagination of their contemporaries , as to be little other than men and women . But it was not so with Milton . The angel ...
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... nature were inseparable from a subject so lofty in its aim , and to the successful presentation of which a sustained elevation of an extraordinary description was indispensable . It is true Milton does . sometimes tell you by his manner ...
... nature were inseparable from a subject so lofty in its aim , and to the successful presentation of which a sustained elevation of an extraordinary description was indispensable . It is true Milton does . sometimes tell you by his manner ...
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... natural than the persuasion , that the resistance which the Great Ruler does not at once suppress , is resistance beyond ... nature . The same may be said , perhaps , of the allegorical beings , Sin and Death , though from the revival of ...
... natural than the persuasion , that the resistance which the Great Ruler does not at once suppress , is resistance beyond ... nature . The same may be said , perhaps , of the allegorical beings , Sin and Death , though from the revival of ...
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... nature , will receive Familiar the fierce heat , and void of pain , This horror will grow mild , this darkness light : Besides what hope the never - ending flight Of future days may bring , what chance , what change Worth waiting ...
... nature , will receive Familiar the fierce heat , and void of pain , This horror will grow mild , this darkness light : Besides what hope the never - ending flight Of future days may bring , what chance , what change Worth waiting ...
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... Nature breeds Perverse , all monstrous , all prodigious things , Abominable , unutterable , and worse Than fables yet have feigned , or fear conceived , Gorgons , and Hydras , and Chimeras dire . Meanwhile the adversary of God and man ...
... Nature breeds Perverse , all monstrous , all prodigious things , Abominable , unutterable , and worse Than fables yet have feigned , or fear conceived , Gorgons , and Hydras , and Chimeras dire . Meanwhile the adversary of God and man ...
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Paradise Lost: The Inspiration for Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials John Milton,Gustave Doré No preview available - 2005 |
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