The Life of John MiltonThe author in this new biography of Milton sees the man whole, and in doing so enhances our understanding not only of his character but also of his poetry. |
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... already been linked by continuous building by the time Milton was eight or nine . Even St Paul's Cathedral , a vast Noah's ark on the top of Ludgate Hill , one of the most splendid Gothic cathedrals in northern Europe , was changing its ...
... already been linked by continuous building by the time Milton was eight or nine . Even St Paul's Cathedral , a vast Noah's ark on the top of Ludgate Hill , one of the most splendid Gothic cathedrals in northern Europe , was changing its ...
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... already mentioned ; and it alludes to the spring movement of troops at that stage of the Thirty Years War . Only late , in the passage beginning ' Patria dura parens ' ( ' O native land , O hard - hearted parent ' ) does it allude to ...
... already mentioned ; and it alludes to the spring movement of troops at that stage of the Thirty Years War . Only late , in the passage beginning ' Patria dura parens ' ( ' O native land , O hard - hearted parent ' ) does it allude to ...
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... already written - ' L'Allegro ' , ' Il Penseroso ' , A Masque , ' At a Solemn Music ' , ' On the Morning of Christ's Nativity ' . To have written such things must have been akin to having received a divine visitation . Milton had read ...
... already written - ' L'Allegro ' , ' Il Penseroso ' , A Masque , ' At a Solemn Music ' , ' On the Morning of Christ's Nativity ' . To have written such things must have been akin to having received a divine visitation . Milton had read ...
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