Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical EssaysMacmillan, 1949 - 201 pages |
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... Devil be devoting his whole life , at appalling risk to himself , to avenging the Duchess Isabella whom he hardly ... Devil . Certainly he does not seem a serious and deli- berate artist . However he himself thought he was . In the ...
... Devil be devoting his whole life , at appalling risk to himself , to avenging the Duchess Isabella whom he hardly ... Devil . Certainly he does not seem a serious and deli- berate artist . However he himself thought he was . In the ...
Page 35
... Devil , Webster states the moral truth which the whole preceding drama has been designed to illustrate . The last lines of The Duchess of Malfi propound the converse truth : " Integrity of life is fame's best friend , Which nobly ...
... Devil , Webster states the moral truth which the whole preceding drama has been designed to illustrate . The last lines of The Duchess of Malfi propound the converse truth : " Integrity of life is fame's best friend , Which nobly ...
Page 40
... devil who is always whispering in human ears suggestions to obey his diabolical will . We , who live in an unreligious society , are always asking that the actions of a criminal should be accounted for to us by some rational and human ...
... devil who is always whispering in human ears suggestions to obey his diabolical will . We , who live in an unreligious society , are always asking that the actions of a criminal should be accounted for to us by some rational and human ...
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