ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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Page xxix
... idea that runs throughout , the dramatic value of the Masque , its ethical and literary qualities . In lines 43-45 the Attendant Spirit says : " I will tell you now The sources of " Comus . " What never yet was heard in tale or song ...
... idea that runs throughout , the dramatic value of the Masque , its ethical and literary qualities . In lines 43-45 the Attendant Spirit says : " I will tell you now The sources of " Comus . " What never yet was heard in tale or song ...
Page xxxiii
... idea wherein lies the greatness of a work , what are the qualities that make it immortal . In Comus those qualities , surely , are the exquisite music , especially of the lyric portions , the rapt elevation of thought and tone , the ...
... idea wherein lies the greatness of a work , what are the qualities that make it immortal . In Comus those qualities , surely , are the exquisite music , especially of the lyric portions , the rapt elevation of thought and tone , the ...
Page xxxv
... idea " embodied in " Comus . " This didactic element reveals Milton , and that at a point of special interest in his career . It teaches the doctrine nearest to his heart , tonic namely , sobriety of life . There was nothing for which ...
... idea " embodied in " Comus . " This didactic element reveals Milton , and that at a point of special interest in his career . It teaches the doctrine nearest to his heart , tonic namely , sobriety of life . There was nothing for which ...
Page xxxvi
... idea . " Nowhere is it more conspicuous than in this Masque . The Puri- Cavaliers . Under any circumstances the theme would have kindled his muse to eloquence . But now in the year tans and the 1634 , when the people were slowly ...
... idea . " Nowhere is it more conspicuous than in this Masque . The Puri- Cavaliers . Under any circumstances the theme would have kindled his muse to eloquence . But now in the year tans and the 1634 , when the people were slowly ...
Page 46
... idea of the ten spheres or regions of space encircling the Earth , the supposed centre of the Universe . Cf. Il Penseroso , 88 , 89 , " unsphere The spirit of Plato , " i.e. call it down from the sphere which it inhabits . So Shelley in ...
... idea of the ten spheres or regions of space encircling the Earth , the supposed centre of the Universe . Cf. Il Penseroso , 88 , 89 , " unsphere The spirit of Plato , " i.e. call it down from the sphere which it inhabits . So Shelley in ...
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