Images of Kingship in Paradise Lost: Milton's Politics and Christian Liberty |
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... civil wars are eternally and recurrently fought out in the consciousness of each generation . Anachronistic personal loyalties , Royalist or Roundhead , are universally cherished and difficult to renounce when we come to read and ...
... civil wars are eternally and recurrently fought out in the consciousness of each generation . Anachronistic personal loyalties , Royalist or Roundhead , are universally cherished and difficult to renounce when we come to read and ...
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... civil Warr by him first rais'd upon them , and to receive him thus , in this goarie pickle , to all his dignities and honours , covering the igno- minious and horrid purple - robe of innocent blood that sate so close about him , with ...
... civil Warr by him first rais'd upon them , and to receive him thus , in this goarie pickle , to all his dignities and honours , covering the igno- minious and horrid purple - robe of innocent blood that sate so close about him , with ...
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... civil wars : for they weened That self same day by fight , or by surprise To win the mount of God , and on his throne To set the envier of his state , the proud Aspirer , but their thoughts proved fond and vain In the mid way : though ...
... civil wars : for they weened That self same day by fight , or by surprise To win the mount of God , and on his throne To set the envier of his state , the proud Aspirer , but their thoughts proved fond and vain In the mid way : though ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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