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136 A great poem , he argues , citing as examples the ' songs ' of the Old
Testament , should be such as can ' imbreed and cherish in a great people the
seeds of virtue and public civility ” . 137 Thus he dismisses out of hand the '
libidinous ...
136 A great poem , he argues , citing as examples the ' songs ' of the Old
Testament , should be such as can ' imbreed and cherish in a great people the
seeds of virtue and public civility ” . 137 Thus he dismisses out of hand the '
libidinous ...
Page 178
Thus the poem achieves its dramatic climax in this moment of discovery and self -
discovery , a climax which is only rendered plausible on the basis of the
assumption of a prior lack of , respectively , knowledge and self - knowledge . But
Milton ...
Thus the poem achieves its dramatic climax in this moment of discovery and self -
discovery , a climax which is only rendered plausible on the basis of the
assumption of a prior lack of , respectively , knowledge and self - knowledge . But
Milton ...
Page 186
Now this is , in fact , extremely significant : Samson has attained , at the very
beginning of the poem , that stoic heroism which the whole of Paradise Regained
is designed to exhibit as constitutive of Christ ' s special virtues , which , indeed ...
Now this is , in fact , extremely significant : Samson has attained , at the very
beginning of the poem , that stoic heroism which the whole of Paradise Regained
is designed to exhibit as constitutive of Christ ' s special virtues , which , indeed ...
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Contents
The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
Copyright | |
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