A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1954 - 465 pages |
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Page 158
... close . The subject matter of the masque is al- most always a combination of mythology and allegory , adapted in the Elizabethan manner to the social occasion for which the masque is written . In the composition of masques delicacy and ...
... close . The subject matter of the masque is al- most always a combination of mythology and allegory , adapted in the Elizabethan manner to the social occasion for which the masque is written . In the composition of masques delicacy and ...
Page 199
... close ambition varnished o'er with zeal . " After the assembly the devils , like the heroes of the Aeneid , engage in epic recreation , the lower sort in physi- cal sports , the higher in song and poetry , the noblest of all in ...
... close ambition varnished o'er with zeal . " After the assembly the devils , like the heroes of the Aeneid , engage in epic recreation , the lower sort in physi- cal sports , the higher in song and poetry , the noblest of all in ...
Page 206
... close of the book ( lines 680 ff . ) , when the Almighty , beholding the confu- sion , declares that Warr wearied hath perform'd what Warr can do , And to disorder'd rage let loose the reines , With Mountains as with Weapons arm'd ...
... close of the book ( lines 680 ff . ) , when the Almighty , beholding the confu- sion , declares that Warr wearied hath perform'd what Warr can do , And to disorder'd rage let loose the reines , With Mountains as with Weapons arm'd ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
V | 116 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 268 |
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