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... rhetorical question . These are all epic conventions , sanctified by Homeric and Virgilian precedent , but Milton does not use them simply for their prestige value . He is telling his readers something they need to know ; that is , he ...
... rhetorical question . These are all epic conventions , sanctified by Homeric and Virgilian precedent , but Milton does not use them simply for their prestige value . He is telling his readers something they need to know ; that is , he ...
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... rhetorical cast , and dressed it so up with sentences and enthy- memas , after the manner of Demosthenes , who , as I have said else- where , was his model for speeches , that Homer is hardly to be found in it . " The rhetorical effects ...
... rhetorical cast , and dressed it so up with sentences and enthy- memas , after the manner of Demosthenes , who , as I have said else- where , was his model for speeches , that Homer is hardly to be found in it . " The rhetorical effects ...
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... rhetorical cast which he derived from Virgil's imitation of it . As the Dream had approached Agamemnon , so Mer- cury accosted Aeneas in the course of a dream . nate dea , potes hoc sub casu ducere somnos , nec quae te circum stent ...
... rhetorical cast which he derived from Virgil's imitation of it . As the Dream had approached Agamemnon , so Mer- cury accosted Aeneas in the course of a dream . nate dea , potes hoc sub casu ducere somnos , nec quae te circum stent ...
Contents
Chapter One FIT AUDIENCE | 1 |
Chapter Two NOT LESS BUT MORE HEROIC ས ༤ | 40 |
Chapter Four THE VEIL OF INNOCENCE | 67 |
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