Selected Poetry and ProseMelbourne University Press, 1948 - 149 pages |
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Page 131
... means moulting or shedding feathers . Here Milton may use the meta- phor to imply that the noble nation renews itself by the process of moulting . The Long Parliament had swept away many of the restric- tions and tyrannous laws of Tudor ...
... means moulting or shedding feathers . Here Milton may use the meta- phor to imply that the noble nation renews itself by the process of moulting . The Long Parliament had swept away many of the restric- tions and tyrannous laws of Tudor ...
Page 133
... means to em- phasize the word ' one ' . Our grand parents transgressed God's will on account of one restraint , though other- wise lords of the world . As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . See Intro- duction to Paradise Lost ...
... means to em- phasize the word ' one ' . Our grand parents transgressed God's will on account of one restraint , though other- wise lords of the world . As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . See Intro- duction to Paradise Lost ...
Page 136
... mean the vaulted expanse of heaven , the sky , as used a few lines fur- ther down , ' And heaven he named the firmament . ' But here it means the expanse of transparent air or ether fill- ing all the space between the earth and the ...
... mean the vaulted expanse of heaven , the sky , as used a few lines fur- ther down , ' And heaven he named the firmament . ' But here it means the expanse of transparent air or ether fill- ing all the space between the earth and the ...
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