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... Blake expounded a philosophy of brotherhood , not only between human beings , but between all living things . His final plea was for a world controlled by the imagination , in which the arts would flourish , and the old restraints upon ...
... Blake expounded a philosophy of brotherhood , not only between human beings , but between all living things . His final plea was for a world controlled by the imagination , in which the arts would flourish , and the old restraints upon ...
Page 155
... Blake's proverb was that , ' As the cater- pillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on , so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys . ' Life to Blake was not a negation , but a fulfilment . This was the theme of his ...
... Blake's proverb was that , ' As the cater- pillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on , so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys . ' Life to Blake was not a negation , but a fulfilment . This was the theme of his ...
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... Blake's was a religion which eschewed vindictiveness and suffering . ' Every religion ' , he wrote , ' that preaches Vengeance for Sin is the religion of the Enemy ... BLAKE AND LIBERTY ยท 169 Go love 168 THE NEW JERUSALEM OF WILLIAM BLAKE.
... Blake's was a religion which eschewed vindictiveness and suffering . ' Every religion ' , he wrote , ' that preaches Vengeance for Sin is the religion of the Enemy ... BLAKE AND LIBERTY ยท 169 Go love 168 THE NEW JERUSALEM OF WILLIAM BLAKE.
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Contents Acknowledgements 6 | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
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