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... verse than prose , and one not unrelated to L'Allegro and Il Penseroso . Prolusion 2 , “ On the Music of the Spheres , " develops a familiar Pythagorean idea very congenial to a Platonist and musician ; in the Nativity , Arcades , and ...
... verse than prose , and one not unrelated to L'Allegro and Il Penseroso . Prolusion 2 , “ On the Music of the Spheres , " develops a familiar Pythagorean idea very congenial to a Platonist and musician ; in the Nativity , Arcades , and ...
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... verse written during 1626-1629 that Milton was to print , about two - thirds ( if orthodox dating is fol- lowed ) were in Latin , one - third in English . Thus it was in Latin that he learned the elements of his craft , and his best ...
... verse written during 1626-1629 that Milton was to print , about two - thirds ( if orthodox dating is fol- lowed ) were in Latin , one - third in English . Thus it was in Latin that he learned the elements of his craft , and his best ...
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... verse into another . " We observed how the use of run - on lines and strong medial pauses ( with some wrenching of normal word order ) gave the sonnets the character of blank - verse paragraphs , and in the epic Milton had full scope ...
... verse into another . " We observed how the use of run - on lines and strong medial pauses ( with some wrenching of normal word order ) gave the sonnets the character of blank - verse paragraphs , and in the epic Milton had full scope ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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