William Blake, his philosophy and symbolsP. Smith, 1958 - 487 pages |
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... once were given a chance to live his life as he naturally wished , all the meaningless madnesses - poverty , roguery , harlotry , super- stition , courts ( both royal and police ) , and fashions all would disappear forever ...
... once were given a chance to live his life as he naturally wished , all the meaningless madnesses - poverty , roguery , harlotry , super- stition , courts ( both royal and police ) , and fashions all would disappear forever ...
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... once remarked that he could look at a knot of wood until he was frightened at it.2 And when inspiration failed , he and his wife knelt in prayer , 3 just as Fra Angelico had done five centuries before . In fact , Blake once defined such ...
... once remarked that he could look at a knot of wood until he was frightened at it.2 And when inspiration failed , he and his wife knelt in prayer , 3 just as Fra Angelico had done five centuries before . In fact , Blake once defined such ...
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... once that he is not the real Abel , ' but merely the Voice of Blood , an impulse cast off from the freed spirit . ' A whole essay might be written on the curious effect of the effluvium of blood . From the earliest ages , spilled blood ...
... once that he is not the real Abel , ' but merely the Voice of Blood , an impulse cast off from the freed spirit . ' A whole essay might be written on the curious effect of the effluvium of blood . From the earliest ages , spilled blood ...
Contents
THE GATES OF PARADISE | 5 |
THE NEW SYNTHESIS | 88 |
THE FIFTH WINDOW | 98 |
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