Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan, 1949 - 201 pages |
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Page 35
... death , shall crown the end . " Heaven is just , for all the apparent horror of man's life . In the end virtue is glorified ; but only beyond death . Let us examine how this view of life exhibits itself in the action of each play ...
... death , shall crown the end . " Heaven is just , for all the apparent horror of man's life . In the end virtue is glorified ; but only beyond death . Let us examine how this view of life exhibits itself in the action of each play ...
Page 36
... death . It looks as if a similar vengeance will soon fall upon Vittoria and Flamineo . Flamineo realises this , he is filled with gloomy apprehensions as to his future ; and these are further darkened by spiritual terrors . With the ...
... death . It looks as if a similar vengeance will soon fall upon Vittoria and Flamineo . Flamineo realises this , he is filled with gloomy apprehensions as to his future ; and these are further darkened by spiritual terrors . With the ...
Page 151
... death . Death is , after all , the most important fact about life . Most intensely of all , this strikes Adolphe , as he watches Ellénore receive the last rites of the church on her death - bed . " On my knees in the corner of her room ...
... death . Death is , after all , the most important fact about life . Most intensely of all , this strikes Adolphe , as he watches Ellénore receive the last rites of the church on her death - bed . " On my knees in the corner of her room ...
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