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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The annual festivity , he goes on , has been dropped recently , because those who were about to become " fathers " conducted themselves so turbulently in town as to make it necessary that they be relieved of this anxiety .
The annual festivity , he goes on , has been dropped recently , because those who were about to become " fathers " conducted themselves so turbulently in town as to make it necessary that they be relieved of this anxiety .
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years and is now called back , really against his inclination , to become again a showpiece in the schools . The oration is in praise of knowledge and Milton treats the congenial subject in his loftiest Platonic vein .
years and is now called back , really against his inclination , to become again a showpiece in the schools . The oration is in praise of knowledge and Milton treats the congenial subject in his loftiest Platonic vein .
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Such is the abstract doctrine , supported by divine and human authority and by the example of ancient and modern societies . But Milton comes closer home than this . When the sovereign has become a tyrant , one regarding neither the law ...
Such is the abstract doctrine , supported by divine and human authority and by the example of ancient and modern societies . But Milton comes closer home than this . When the sovereign has become a tyrant , one regarding neither the law ...
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