A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1946 - 465 pages |
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Page 137
... English ) Milton was following the learned prece- dent of his age . He recognized , however , that English was to be his ultimate medium ( witness the verses on his mother tongue inserted in the Vacation Exercise of 1628 ) and , from ...
... English ) Milton was following the learned prece- dent of his age . He recognized , however , that English was to be his ultimate medium ( witness the verses on his mother tongue inserted in the Vacation Exercise of 1628 ) and , from ...
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... English poets as one might expect . Marsh estimated 33 per cent of Anglo - Saxon words in Milton's total vocabulary as against 60 per cent for Shakespeare and the English Bible ( see the studies of Milton's diction in progress at the ...
... English poets as one might expect . Marsh estimated 33 per cent of Anglo - Saxon words in Milton's total vocabulary as against 60 per cent for Shakespeare and the English Bible ( see the studies of Milton's diction in progress at the ...
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... English Humanism . Uni- versity of Toronto Press , 1939. Reprinted 1941 . Chambers , R. W. " Poets and their Critics : Langland and Mil- ton . " London , 1941. ( Warton Lecture on English Poetry . ) Reprinted from Proceedings of the ...
... English Humanism . Uni- versity of Toronto Press , 1939. Reprinted 1941 . Chambers , R. W. " Poets and their Critics : Langland and Mil- ton . " London , 1941. ( Warton Lecture on English Poetry . ) Reprinted from Proceedings of the ...
Contents
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 12 |
MILTONS STYLE AND VERSIFICATION | 151 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 422 |
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