John Milton, EnglishmanChrist among the doctors - Academic exercise - Pastoral interlude - Italian journey - Paradise sort - Deeds above heroic - Heavenly muse - Milton Agonistes - Fair dismission___ |
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... Paradise Regained makes that work follow promptly on the completion of Paradise Lost in 1665. Milton , it will be recalled , gave him the manuscript shortly after his return from Chalfont in the autumn of that year . Phillips says that ...
... Paradise Regained makes that work follow promptly on the completion of Paradise Lost in 1665. Milton , it will be recalled , gave him the manuscript shortly after his return from Chalfont in the autumn of that year . Phillips says that ...
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... Paradise Lost . It quotes , for example , the invocation to light at the beginning of the third book with the comment : " No doubt but the thoughts of this vital Lamp lighted a Christmas Candle in his brain . " Marvell denies that ...
... Paradise Lost . It quotes , for example , the invocation to light at the beginning of the third book with the comment : " No doubt but the thoughts of this vital Lamp lighted a Christmas Candle in his brain . " Marvell denies that ...
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... Paradise Lost the title of a true epic : Milton's " event is not prosperous , like that of all other epic works ; his heavenly machines are many , and his human persons are but two . " His thoughts are elevated and his words sounding ...
... Paradise Lost the title of a true epic : Milton's " event is not prosperous , like that of all other epic works ; his heavenly machines are many , and his human persons are but two . " His thoughts are elevated and his words sounding ...
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