The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... fathers " : The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face ; we , through their eyes . Why should not we also enjoy ... father lies , Of his bones are coral made : Those are pearls that were his eyes : Nothing of 8 Introduction.
... fathers " : The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face ; we , through their eyes . Why should not we also enjoy ... father lies , Of his bones are coral made : Those are pearls that were his eyes : Nothing of 8 Introduction.
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... Father , there are souls that go from here ( 719-21 ) Aloft to upper heaven , and once more Return to bodies ' dead weight ? The poor souls , How can they crave our daylight so ? " ( 965-69 ) " Must we imagine " : the periphrastic ...
... Father , there are souls that go from here ( 719-21 ) Aloft to upper heaven , and once more Return to bodies ' dead weight ? The poor souls , How can they crave our daylight so ? " ( 965-69 ) " Must we imagine " : the periphrastic ...
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... father : ' tua me , genitor , tua tristis imago saepius occurrens haec limina tendere adegit . ' ( 6.695-96 ) " Your ghost , Your sad ghost , father , often before my mind , Impelled me to the threshold of this place . ” ( 932-34 ) The ...
... father : ' tua me , genitor , tua tristis imago saepius occurrens haec limina tendere adegit . ' ( 6.695-96 ) " Your ghost , Your sad ghost , father , often before my mind , Impelled me to the threshold of this place . ” ( 932-34 ) The ...
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The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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