A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1954 - 465 pages |
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Page 198
... means -open war or covert guile . Moloch , with the character- istic impetuosity and bluntness of a mere soldier , advises an immediate attack ( lines 51 ff . ) — an unreasoning coun- sel of desperation delivered with a brevity and ...
... means -open war or covert guile . Moloch , with the character- istic impetuosity and bluntness of a mere soldier , advises an immediate attack ( lines 51 ff . ) — an unreasoning coun- sel of desperation delivered with a brevity and ...
Page 292
... means of securing for himself the seren- ity of soul which , in spite of all , he evidently possessed throughout his later days . But the fact that Samson Ago- nistes triumphantly illustrates the working of divine Provi- dence and ends ...
... means of securing for himself the seren- ity of soul which , in spite of all , he evidently possessed throughout his later days . But the fact that Samson Ago- nistes triumphantly illustrates the working of divine Provi- dence and ends ...
Page 306
... means by analyzing the simile in Paradise Lost , II , 706-11 . On th ' other side Incenc't with indignation Satan stood Unterrifi'd , and like a Comet burn'd , That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th ' Artick Sky , and from his ...
... means by analyzing the simile in Paradise Lost , II , 706-11 . On th ' other side Incenc't with indignation Satan stood Unterrifi'd , and like a Comet burn'd , That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th ' Artick Sky , and from his ...
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