Milton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesJames Thorpe Octagon Books, 1966 - 376 pages |
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... meaning from a word , but will make it do double duty . Here the Latin element in our language gave him his opportunity . Words borrowed from the Latin always change their usage and value in English air . To the ordinary intel- ligence ...
... meaning from a word , but will make it do double duty . Here the Latin element in our language gave him his opportunity . Words borrowed from the Latin always change their usage and value in English air . To the ordinary intel- ligence ...
Page 176
... meaning of his words . If we do not know his feelings , we shall unduly restrict the importance of his ideas . Thus Christ is " Reason , " but not through allegory : he is truly the reasonable part of each believer , each man being part ...
... meaning of his words . If we do not know his feelings , we shall unduly restrict the importance of his ideas . Thus Christ is " Reason , " but not through allegory : he is truly the reasonable part of each believer , each man being part ...
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... meaning of the foreign word from which it is derived rather than the accepted meaning in Eng- lish , every idiosyncrasy is a particular act of violence which Milton has been the first to commit . There is no cliché , no poetic diction ...
... meaning of the foreign word from which it is derived rather than the accepted meaning in Eng- lish , every idiosyncrasy is a particular act of violence which Milton has been the first to commit . There is no cliché , no poetic diction ...
Contents
Preface | 3 |
Joseph Addison six Spectator PAPERS ON Paradise Lost | 23 |
Jonathan Richardson EXPLANATORY NOTES AND REMARKS | 54 |
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