A Milton HandbookAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1961 - 465 pages |
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Page 81
... later to adopt . He ridicules the super- stitious acceptance of such marvels as that of the seven sleepers of Cologne . In one passage he refers to the oc- casional necessity in state affairs of a strong leader , a Brutus or a Pericles ...
... later to adopt . He ridicules the super- stitious acceptance of such marvels as that of the seven sleepers of Cologne . In one passage he refers to the oc- casional necessity in state affairs of a strong leader , a Brutus or a Pericles ...
Page 171
... later English sonnets / beginning with the one on his twenty - third birthday , re- flect a complete change of attitude / The romantic note dis- appears entirely , the style is plain and direct , with none of the conventional ...
... later English sonnets / beginning with the one on his twenty - third birthday , re- flect a complete change of attitude / The romantic note dis- appears entirely , the style is plain and direct , with none of the conventional ...
Page 399
... later he gave the copy of Paradise Lost , was his suc- cessor , perhaps his son . " Of Milton's later prose publications The History of Britain , which appeared in 1670 , is notable as containing the Faithorne engraving . The text of ...
... later he gave the copy of Paradise Lost , was his suc- cessor , perhaps his son . " Of Milton's later prose publications The History of Britain , which appeared in 1670 , is notable as containing the Faithorne engraving . The text of ...
Contents
MATERIALS FOR MILTONS BIOGRAPHY | 105 |
THE MINOR POEMS | 132 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 268 |
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