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... tell us , that it is blasphemy for anyone to see the King disguised in this way and the poet's eyes ' hold it their Allegeance to winke ' ( 1. 4 ) . The poet - figure can scarcely bear what it sees and the latter part of the poem is a ...
... tell us , that it is blasphemy for anyone to see the King disguised in this way and the poet's eyes ' hold it their Allegeance to winke ' ( 1. 4 ) . The poet - figure can scarcely bear what it sees and the latter part of the poem is a ...
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... tell exactly how the story would have worked out , but few readers are likely to care very much , for one of the main weaknesses of the poem is its failure as narrative . Had Davenant been working with a known story , that in itself ...
... tell exactly how the story would have worked out , but few readers are likely to care very much , for one of the main weaknesses of the poem is its failure as narrative . Had Davenant been working with a known story , that in itself ...
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... tell me about God's plans for me and others like me ? But , in a sense , the point about such questions is that the questioner needs to learn that formulating them is part of the problem . Paradoxically , the answer lies not in finding ...
... tell me about God's plans for me and others like me ? But , in a sense , the point about such questions is that the questioner needs to learn that formulating them is part of the problem . Paradoxically , the answer lies not in finding ...
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