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28-Aug-2007, 12:31
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 president of immortals "That freedom ...would diminish the kinds of constraint which men and women now experience as a kind of second nature , and which confront them with all the sublime authority of some Hardyesque President of the Immortals." I know that the underlined part is an allusion to last lines of Thomas Hardy novel Tess but i can't grabe its meaning(specially President of Immortals) . Please help me! Last edited by nimsooze; 28-Aug-2007 at 15:35. |
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28-Aug-2007, 15:37
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| Re: president of immortals please answer my question! |
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29-Aug-2007, 01:35
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| Re: president of immortals Quote:
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29-Aug-2007, 05:06
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| Re: president of immortals Thanks anglica! But how could this "President of the Immortals" mean destiny? Who used this phrase in this meaning for the first time and where? |
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29-Aug-2007, 12:51
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| Re: president of immortals Thomas Hardy - referring to something he read in a play by Aeschylus. Fate/destiny controls all things, whether natural or supernatural. |
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