John Milton, EnglishmanChrist among the doctors - Academic exercise - Pastoral interlude - Italian journey - Paradise sort - Deeds above heroic - Heavenly muse - Milton Agonistes - Fair dismission___ |
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... feeling , a fascinated preoccupation with the author of all evil , already partly sublimated into a grandiose image ... feel secure . He is in his exile like Elijah , like Paul , like Jesus . God , who protected Israel against its foes ...
... feeling , a fascinated preoccupation with the author of all evil , already partly sublimated into a grandiose image ... feel secure . He is in his exile like Elijah , like Paul , like Jesus . God , who protected Israel against its foes ...
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... feel the warmth of approval from men whose leadership he admired , to be of their innermost counsels , to know how real was their need of his loyalty and skill - this was indeed to have scope and stimulus for the exercise of the talent ...
... feel the warmth of approval from men whose leadership he admired , to be of their innermost counsels , to know how real was their need of his loyalty and skill - this was indeed to have scope and stimulus for the exercise of the talent ...
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... feel in every line the Milton we have learned to know , but it is difficult to re- solve into simple elements the complex of emotions . The fierce joy with which he describes Satan's fall from Heaven suggests his own exultation in the ...
... feel in every line the Milton we have learned to know , but it is difficult to re- solve into simple elements the complex of emotions . The fierce joy with which he describes Satan's fall from Heaven suggests his own exultation in the ...
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