The Tutorial History of English LiteratureUniversity Tutorial Press, 1954 - 294 pages |
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... passion for dominion , in Faustus ' it is the passion for the power that comes with knowledge , in the ' Jew of Malta ' it is the passion for wealth . Faustus . ' The special importance of ' Tamburlaine ' lies in the fact that it was ...
... passion for dominion , in Faustus ' it is the passion for the power that comes with knowledge , in the ' Jew of Malta ' it is the passion for wealth . Faustus . ' The special importance of ' Tamburlaine ' lies in the fact that it was ...
Page 235
... passion , especially the passion of love ; and though Paracelsus ' passion was the passion for knowledge , his last speech indicates the supreme importance which love was afterwards to take in Browning's view of life : — ' It was not ...
... passion , especially the passion of love ; and though Paracelsus ' passion was the passion for knowledge , his last speech indicates the supreme importance which love was afterwards to take in Browning's view of life : — ' It was not ...
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... passion of love ; it is of the weariness and regrets of remembered passion that he writes in his most character- istic mood . Many of his poems reflect his sympathy with the revolutionary movements of the third quarter of the century ...
... passion of love ; it is of the weariness and regrets of remembered passion that he writes in his most character- istic mood . Many of his poems reflect his sympathy with the revolutionary movements of the third quarter of the century ...
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