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... Tiresias , leaning on a staff , and led by his daughter Manto " : Tir . A little farther ; yet a little farther , Thou wretched daughter of a dark old man , Conduct my weary steps : And thou , who seest For me and for thyself , beware ...
... Tiresias , leaning on a staff , and led by his daughter Manto " : Tir . A little farther ; yet a little farther , Thou wretched daughter of a dark old man , Conduct my weary steps : And thou , who seest For me and for thyself , beware ...
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... Tiresias ' address identifies Manto . The phrase " thy guiding hand " re- veals that Samson is talking to someone , but because those words are a traditional Biblical metaphor for divine guidance , they might almost indicate that Sam ...
... Tiresias ' address identifies Manto . The phrase " thy guiding hand " re- veals that Samson is talking to someone , but because those words are a traditional Biblical metaphor for divine guidance , they might almost indicate that Sam ...
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... Tiresias ' descriptive adjective " sunny " ) and because they are not modified by any other words as for example in such phrases as " brown shade " or " shade of the tree " -they are almost abstractions rather than images : they evoke ...
... Tiresias ' descriptive adjective " sunny " ) and because they are not modified by any other words as for example in such phrases as " brown shade " or " shade of the tree " -they are almost abstractions rather than images : they evoke ...
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PART ONE Paradise Lost | 19 |
Satanic Rhetoric | 41 |
The Restorative Power of Eloquence | 94 |
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