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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... become a don ( as most biographers of Milton , being dons themselves , assume he was pining to do ) he would have become a Cambridge Platonist himself . What their emergence shows the student of Milton , however THE LADY OF CHRIST'S ...
... become a don ( as most biographers of Milton , being dons themselves , assume he was pining to do ) he would have become a Cambridge Platonist himself . What their emergence shows the student of Milton , however THE LADY OF CHRIST'S ...
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... become the father of a great nation , an exile from the security of Ur of the Chaldees . Whatever the truth of the case , Milton was entering a new phase of life . People speak of Milton at this period of his life as a ' pamphleteer ...
... become the father of a great nation , an exile from the security of Ur of the Chaldees . Whatever the truth of the case , Milton was entering a new phase of life . People speak of Milton at this period of his life as a ' pamphleteer ...
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... become acquainted with the full power of the English language ' . For , if we read the whole of his prose , from Of Reformation to De Doctrina , the Latin and the English , the public and the private , we are struck again and again by ...
... become acquainted with the full power of the English language ' . For , if we read the whole of his prose , from Of Reformation to De Doctrina , the Latin and the English , the public and the private , we are struck again and again by ...
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