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Page 143
... shows his great dramatic skill : The Place . In the grave she saw them ; and Angels in a grave , is a strange sight , a sight never seen before ; not till Christ's body had been there , never till this day ; this is the first news of ...
... shows his great dramatic skill : The Place . In the grave she saw them ; and Angels in a grave , is a strange sight , a sight never seen before ; not till Christ's body had been there , never till this day ; this is the first news of ...
Page 156
... shows Milton's early mastery of different tones . Comus is a magician , who attacks the lady's virtue by celebrating the claims of sensual pleasure : Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ...
... shows Milton's early mastery of different tones . Comus is a magician , who attacks the lady's virtue by celebrating the claims of sensual pleasure : Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ...
Page 200
... shows his remarkable gift of conducting an argument in verse . Here he dwells on the fallibility of human reason and ... show no sign of mental lassitude ; and it was now that he wrote some admirable short poems , among them the ode ' To ...
... shows his remarkable gift of conducting an argument in verse . Here he dwells on the fallibility of human reason and ... show no sign of mental lassitude ; and it was now that he wrote some admirable short poems , among them the ode ' To ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Age of Chaucer | 16 |
The English Renaissance 335 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Jonathan Swift and Popular Culture: Myth, Media, and the Man Ann Cline Kelly No preview available - 2002 |