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... Roman emperors treated by Milton in his Defence of the English People . The emperors appear there so frequently and in such numbers , accompanied by the most violent abuse , that the tract might almost be sub- titled A Defence of the Roman ...
... Roman emperors treated by Milton in his Defence of the English People . The emperors appear there so frequently and in such numbers , accompanied by the most violent abuse , that the tract might almost be sub- titled A Defence of the Roman ...
Page 96
... Roman motif , and perhaps the most fertile poetically , is that it is not as morally simple as a reference point . There is no such thing , in European tradition , as a good sultan : they are all evil , differing only in degree , not in ...
... Roman motif , and perhaps the most fertile poetically , is that it is not as morally simple as a reference point . There is no such thing , in European tradition , as a good sultan : they are all evil , differing only in degree , not in ...
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... Roman abandonment of , 92-93 ; as ideal , 168 , 201 ; ants as emblem of , 204-5 Richard II , King of England : in Shakespeare , 42-43 ; coronation ceremony of , 161 Richard III , as tyrant , 36 Rizzio , David , 213 Roman Emperor : death ...
... Roman abandonment of , 92-93 ; as ideal , 168 , 201 ; ants as emblem of , 204-5 Richard II , King of England : in Shakespeare , 42-43 ; coronation ceremony of , 161 Richard III , as tyrant , 36 Rizzio , David , 213 Roman Emperor : death ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
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