A Guide to English Literature: From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Cassell, 1961 A Russian couple wanted a child so much that they made one out of snow. |
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... moral judgements ) . Even the great bulk of medieval religious poetry ( the anonymous hymns and lyrics , Piers Plowman and the medieval plays ) does not attempt to elaborate the story of the early parts of Creation ; it keeps religious ...
... moral judgements ) . Even the great bulk of medieval religious poetry ( the anonymous hymns and lyrics , Piers Plowman and the medieval plays ) does not attempt to elaborate the story of the early parts of Creation ; it keeps religious ...
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... moral aspiration in poetry , he must have some share in the peace and width of the divine mind , in the divine wisdom and strength . The notion of the ' pregnant Abyss ' , with its suggestion of the analogy between the darkness of the ...
... moral aspiration in poetry , he must have some share in the peace and width of the divine mind , in the divine wisdom and strength . The notion of the ' pregnant Abyss ' , with its suggestion of the analogy between the darkness of the ...
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... moral standards ; for unless we are already willing to accept Milton's moral mysticism , either permanently or temporarily , we are unlikely to understand him . Poetry written in an age very different or distant from our own requires us ...
... moral standards ; for unless we are already willing to accept Milton's moral mysticism , either permanently or temporarily , we are unlikely to understand him . Poetry written in an age very different or distant from our own requires us ...
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