Images of Kingship in Paradise Lost: Milton's Politics and Christian Liberty |
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... liberty under Ma- homet and the Grand Signor " ( ibid . , 575 ) , meaning of course , no liberty at all . It is interesting that he mentions at once the prophet of Islam , Mahomet , the byword since the Crusades of anti - Christian ...
... liberty under Ma- homet and the Grand Signor " ( ibid . , 575 ) , meaning of course , no liberty at all . It is interesting that he mentions at once the prophet of Islam , Mahomet , the byword since the Crusades of anti - Christian ...
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... liberty of which civilization has dreamed ever since , found liberty to be a retributive instrument in inca- pable hands suicidally disposed , lethal as the " two - handed en- gine " of Lycidas ( line 130 ) and the Sword of Justice of ...
... liberty of which civilization has dreamed ever since , found liberty to be a retributive instrument in inca- pable hands suicidally disposed , lethal as the " two - handed en- gine " of Lycidas ( line 130 ) and the Sword of Justice of ...
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... liberty ) - " Thrones , dominations , princedoms , virtues , powers , " drawled out on every conceiv- able public occasion to flatter the egos and quell the suspicions of his followers - we may recall the farcical retention of a pup ...
... liberty ) - " Thrones , dominations , princedoms , virtues , powers , " drawled out on every conceiv- able public occasion to flatter the egos and quell the suspicions of his followers - we may recall the farcical retention of a pup ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Kings of This World | 9 |
Sultan and Barbarian | 51 |
Copyright | |
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