Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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... given way to a morbid melancholy . The idea of man's struggle toward moral freedom , the sober con- sciousness of difficulties and dangers which might yet be over- come by the exercise of the firm and enlightened will was lost in the ...
... given way to a morbid melancholy . The idea of man's struggle toward moral freedom , the sober con- sciousness of difficulties and dangers which might yet be over- come by the exercise of the firm and enlightened will was lost in the ...
Page 197
... given over to its own forces , and which developed and expressed itself , in the good towards joy eternal , in the evil towards pain eternal . God has intensified his own existence , raising to glory the good parts of himself , casting ...
... given over to its own forces , and which developed and expressed itself , in the good towards joy eternal , in the evil towards pain eternal . God has intensified his own existence , raising to glory the good parts of himself , casting ...
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... given by the Milton scholars , those who know their Italian , might well be that in this poem he made a very free adaptation of the canzone . This was a stanza of indeter- minate length , running it might be to twenty lines or so ...
... given by the Milton scholars , those who know their Italian , might well be that in this poem he made a very free adaptation of the canzone . This was a stanza of indeter- minate length , running it might be to twenty lines or so ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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