A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 77
... Smectymnuus , " a word composed of the initials of their various names . The leader of this group was Thomas Young , Milton's former tutor , and it is assumed by Masson that the poet himself may have assisted in its composition . The ...
... Smectymnuus , " a word composed of the initials of their various names . The leader of this group was Thomas Young , Milton's former tutor , and it is assumed by Masson that the poet himself may have assisted in its composition . The ...
Page 82
... Smectymnuus , had , as we have seen , appeared in April . Milton evidently believed in the principle " divide and conquer . " His first tract had been an impersonal treatise setting forth the historical aspects of the problem ; his ...
... Smectymnuus , had , as we have seen , appeared in April . Milton evidently believed in the principle " divide and conquer . " His first tract had been an impersonal treatise setting forth the historical aspects of the problem ; his ...
Page 164
... Smectymnuus Milton says that the solemn cantos of the fables and romances of knighthood ( by which he evidently means chiefly the Faerie Queene ) taught him the beauty of the virtue of chastity . All of which instructs 86 85 See Bense ...
... Smectymnuus Milton says that the solemn cantos of the fables and romances of knighthood ( by which he evidently means chiefly the Faerie Queene ) taught him the beauty of the virtue of chastity . All of which instructs 86 85 See Bense ...
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