Lost Angels of a Ruined Paradise: Themes of Cosmic Strife in Romantic Tragedy |
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... universe as a " wide waste " of chaos , and not a well ordered harmo- nious whole designed by a benevolent Divinity.24 To refute the satanic villain's accusation , Marmaduke should affirm Nature's perfection and immediate accessibility ...
... universe as a " wide waste " of chaos , and not a well ordered harmo- nious whole designed by a benevolent Divinity.24 To refute the satanic villain's accusation , Marmaduke should affirm Nature's perfection and immediate accessibility ...
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... universe . Now I could laugh till my ribs ached . Oh , Fool ! To let a creed , built in the heart of things , Dissolve before a twinkling atom ! ... ( B. III . 1218-1220 ) He is " betrayed into " denying spiritual light ; the feeble ...
... universe . Now I could laugh till my ribs ached . Oh , Fool ! To let a creed , built in the heart of things , Dissolve before a twinkling atom ! ... ( B. III . 1218-1220 ) He is " betrayed into " denying spiritual light ; the feeble ...
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... universe into revolutionary action : Turning away from Heaven which beheld her violation , she takes the cause of justice into her own hands , and announces herself the earthly angel of avenging heaven . In doing so , she claims that ...
... universe into revolutionary action : Turning away from Heaven which beheld her violation , she takes the cause of justice into her own hands , and announces herself the earthly angel of avenging heaven . In doing so , she claims that ...
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II | 12 |
IV | 72 |
Images of Nature and the Cosmic Structure | 106 |
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