George Herbert: Sacred and ProfaneHelen Wilcox, Richard Todd VU University Press, 1995 - 211 pages |
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... letters , the omitting of letters , the transposing of letters , or the changing of letters . What is crucial is that ' similar words express dissimilar things ' . As if God had ordained these similarities of sound , Herbert uses them ...
... letters , the omitting of letters , the transposing of letters , or the changing of letters . What is crucial is that ' similar words express dissimilar things ' . As if God had ordained these similarities of sound , Herbert uses them ...
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... letters great For everybody's reading . ( 13-16 ) 13 The addition of the letter ' I ' to the word ' eyn ' to make the word ' line ' has the force of mastery : the ' eyn ' are simply overwhelmed by the line of God's book . The ...
... letters great For everybody's reading . ( 13-16 ) 13 The addition of the letter ' I ' to the word ' eyn ' to make the word ' line ' has the force of mastery : the ' eyn ' are simply overwhelmed by the line of God's book . The ...
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... letter of the word ' . In ' Assurance ' , the speaker , by himself , would , he says , have ' not half a word , / Not ... letters of words had a force that today may not be apparent . Perhaps it can flourish only in cul- tures with some ...
... letter of the word ' . In ' Assurance ' , the speaker , by himself , would , he says , have ' not half a word , / Not ... letters of words had a force that today may not be apparent . Perhaps it can flourish only in cul- tures with some ...
Contents
Prolegomena | 3 |
Herbert and Kings | 33 |
Sacred Parody and George Herbert | 49 |
Copyright | |
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