Images of Kingship in Paradise Lost: Milton's Politics and Christian Liberty |
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... give the appearance of committing involun- tary suicide : And those Kings and Potentates who have strove most to ridd them- selves of this feare , by cutting off or suppressing the true Church , have drawn upon themselves the occasion ...
... give the appearance of committing involun- tary suicide : And those Kings and Potentates who have strove most to ridd them- selves of this feare , by cutting off or suppressing the true Church , have drawn upon themselves the occasion ...
Page 58
... give evidence that their spirits are not very willing and their flesh is very weak . Politically , the important feature is the poet's assertion that the army was galvanized into action not by a beloved leader but in a state of shame ...
... give evidence that their spirits are not very willing and their flesh is very weak . Politically , the important feature is the poet's assertion that the army was galvanized into action not by a beloved leader but in a state of shame ...
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... give and take of vision , God's beauty is revealed in some of the most glorious poetry of Paradise Lost : About him all the sanctities of heaven Stood thick as stars , and from his sight received Beatitude past utterance ; on his right ...
... give and take of vision , God's beauty is revealed in some of the most glorious poetry of Paradise Lost : About him all the sanctities of heaven Stood thick as stars , and from his sight received Beatitude past utterance ; on his right ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's allusion anointing army barbarian barbarous Beelzebub Book Caesar Chaos chariot Christ Christian Christopher Hill civil coronation Cromwell Death Defence divine earth earthly Eikon Basiliké Eikonoklastes emblem emperor emphasized empire English epic epic similes Eve's evil fall fallen angels father feudal glory God's gold Heaven heavenly Hell human king ibid imagined imperial implied John Milton justice king's kingship liberty Lord majesty Milton's God Milton's poem mind Moloch monarchy moral nature Nimrod Paradise Lost pattern Persians Pharaoh poet poet's poetic poetry political present prose Psalm Puritan Raphael reader rebel rebellion regicide reign relationship Renaissance ritual Roman royal Royalist rule Satan scourge sense simile Solomon speech spirit structure Stuart subjects sultan symbolism thee thir thou throne tion triumph triumphal Turkish Turkish crescent Turks tyranny tyrant University victory Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos virtue vision Yale