LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS,

WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

PART THE THIRD-(CONTINUED.)

LITERATURE UNDER THE FIRST TWO STUARTS AND DURING

THE COMMONWEALTH.

MILTON his Birth.-College

Milton at Home.-Works of his Youth

Milton in Italy

Milton's Return to England.-His Occupations and his

first Controversial Works

Milton's Marriage

Milton's Treatise on Divorce

Speech on the Liberty of the Press

Death of Milton's Father.-Historical Events.-Treatise

on the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

Milton, Latin Secretary to the Council of State of the

Commonwealth.-The " Eiconoclastes"

Defence of the English People against Salmasius

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