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 total impression gained by reading the record of these actions is that the elder Milton may have taken advantage of his position in ... There are records of considerable investments in London real estate and of mortgage loans .
The total impression gained by reading the record of these actions is that the elder Milton may have taken advantage of his position in ... There are records of considerable investments in London real estate and of mortgage loans .
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Like Gaddi he speaks of the poet's proficiency in languages“ Spanish , French , Tuscan , Latin and Old Greek ” —and he pauses to record Milton's gratifying enthusiasm for the Italian Muse . One man of letters in the Florentine circle ...
Like Gaddi he speaks of the poet's proficiency in languages“ Spanish , French , Tuscan , Latin and Old Greek ” —and he pauses to record Milton's gratifying enthusiasm for the Italian Muse . One man of letters in the Florentine circle ...
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When the firsthand knowledge was no longer available , such persons must depend largely on the written record . Their reactions , however , were inevitably conditioned by the ideals and interests of the age .
When the firsthand knowledge was no longer available , such persons must depend largely on the written record . Their reactions , however , were inevitably conditioned by the ideals and interests of the age .
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