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Page 56
... perhaps ' cultural ' would be better , or even ' ethnic ' . ' Satire ' too might well be replaced by ' polemic ' or ' diatribe ' . To understand what sort of a poem The Curse of Minerva is we should remember Byron's curious faculty for ...
... perhaps ' cultural ' would be better , or even ' ethnic ' . ' Satire ' too might well be replaced by ' polemic ' or ' diatribe ' . To understand what sort of a poem The Curse of Minerva is we should remember Byron's curious faculty for ...
Page 133
... Perhaps so , and here comes the ironic twist : perhaps in not ' turning Mussulman ' , in not accepting the true faith of Islam , Byron has forfeited his chance of Paradise . But let Annabella live on in her faith , her unforgiving ...
... Perhaps so , and here comes the ironic twist : perhaps in not ' turning Mussulman ' , in not accepting the true faith of Islam , Byron has forfeited his chance of Paradise . But let Annabella live on in her faith , her unforgiving ...
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... perhaps the most interesting . Ali Pasha was a puzzle to the young Byron : the tiger hidden beneath the lamb . Souvaroff is not disguised . He is there , frankly , as what he is — a daimonic energy in human form , a ' great man ...
... perhaps the most interesting . Ali Pasha was a puzzle to the young Byron : the tiger hidden beneath the lamb . Souvaroff is not disguised . He is there , frankly , as what he is — a daimonic energy in human form , a ' great man ...
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