John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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Page 131
... King Charles , on January 30 , 1649 , inevitably had a profound effect upon every English mind . In a country which had never known any government except monarchy , and in which one of " the king's two bodies " was revered as almost ...
... King Charles , on January 30 , 1649 , inevitably had a profound effect upon every English mind . In a country which had never known any government except monarchy , and in which one of " the king's two bodies " was revered as almost ...
Page 134
... King Charles him- self . Whatever its authorship and purposeful exaggeration , the work went far to create in the public mind the portrait of a mar- tyred saint . The opponent to whom Milton was called to reply a little later taxed his ...
... King Charles him- self . Whatever its authorship and purposeful exaggeration , the work went far to create in the public mind the portrait of a mar- tyred saint . The opponent to whom Milton was called to reply a little later taxed his ...
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... king ) shall rise A Son , the Woman's Seed to thee foretold , Foretold to Abraham , as in whom shall trust All nations , and to kings foretold of kings The last , for of His reign shall be no end . ( XII . 326-330 ) The prefigurations ...
... king ) shall rise A Son , the Woman's Seed to thee foretold , Foretold to Abraham , as in whom shall trust All nations , and to kings foretold of kings The last , for of His reign shall be no end . ( XII . 326-330 ) The prefigurations ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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