A Milton HandbookG. Bell, 1929 - 304 pages |
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Page 160
... whole conception of his poem , is given in lines 563-77 . Spiritual facts can only so be represented to human sense , but there is also perhaps a real analogy between earth and Heaven , the former being , according to the Platonic ...
... whole conception of his poem , is given in lines 563-77 . Spiritual facts can only so be represented to human sense , but there is also perhaps a real analogy between earth and Heaven , the former being , according to the Platonic ...
Page 202
... whole . It seems probable that Milton moved farther from An- dreini and nearer to Grotius as the plan developed in his mind . When he actually undertook the composition of a drama on the fall he began not with angelic or allegor- ical ...
... whole . It seems probable that Milton moved farther from An- dreini and nearer to Grotius as the plan developed in his mind . When he actually undertook the composition of a drama on the fall he began not with angelic or allegor- ical ...
Page 239
... whole treasury of poetry and the whole storehouse of learning is at his command . He assumes that it is also at the command of his reader and accord- ingly he loads every rift of his verse with the ore of myth and legend , historical ...
... whole treasury of poetry and the whole storehouse of learning is at his command . He assumes that it is also at the command of his reader and accord- ingly he loads every rift of his verse with the ore of myth and legend , historical ...
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