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Page 150
... hell they explore , Rocks , caves , lakes , fens , bogs , dens , and shades of death , A universe of death . . . Satan , setting forth on his quest , is challenged at the gates of hell by the grisly monsters Sin and Death . Sin had ...
... hell they explore , Rocks , caves , lakes , fens , bogs , dens , and shades of death , A universe of death . . . Satan , setting forth on his quest , is challenged at the gates of hell by the grisly monsters Sin and Death . Sin had ...
Page 151
... hell ; myself am hell . ” But , unable to repent , he ends with the resolve , “ Evil , be thou my good . " Satan's tortured conscience , which sets him apart from all his fellows , gives him new and tragic dimensions , but his tragic ...
... hell ; myself am hell . ” But , unable to repent , he ends with the resolve , “ Evil , be thou my good . " Satan's tortured conscience , which sets him apart from all his fellows , gives him new and tragic dimensions , but his tragic ...
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... hell , and the first book is full of pictures that suggest the strength and corruption , the dignity and degradation , of the damned : Satan rising from the lake of fire and moving shoreward , standing on the beach and calling his ...
... hell , and the first book is full of pictures that suggest the strength and corruption , the dignity and degradation , of the damned : Satan rising from the lake of fire and moving shoreward , standing on the beach and calling his ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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