Images of Kingship in Paradise Lost: Milton's Politics and Christian Liberty |
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... final impotence of his rebellion , in the mighty retribution effected by Jehovah striking the first- born of Egypt dead as he passes . Jeroboam's little farce of re- bellion is emphasized by Milton's gesture of not even bothering to ...
... final impotence of his rebellion , in the mighty retribution effected by Jehovah striking the first- born of Egypt dead as he passes . Jeroboam's little farce of re- bellion is emphasized by Milton's gesture of not even bothering to ...
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... final and crucial case of Nimrod , this noise is the punishment itself . It is one thing to generate confusion , so as to confound others — the quiet citizenry of 1.500 , the mediatating poet of 7.32-33 — another to be confu- sion's ...
... final and crucial case of Nimrod , this noise is the punishment itself . It is one thing to generate confusion , so as to confound others — the quiet citizenry of 1.500 , the mediatating poet of 7.32-33 — another to be confu- sion's ...
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... final exaltation at the Last Judgment . Many texts are interrelated , from Psalm 2 to Revelation , superimposed upon one another with automatic logic in the believer's mind . Just as in Paradise Lost there are three exaltations , so in ...
... final exaltation at the Last Judgment . Many texts are interrelated , from Psalm 2 to Revelation , superimposed upon one another with automatic logic in the believer's mind . Just as in Paradise Lost there are three exaltations , so in ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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