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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Page 181
... sight . It is ten years , I think , more or less , since I noticed my sight becoming weak and growing dim , and at the same time my spleen and all my viscera burdened and shaken with flatulence . And even in the morning , if I began as ...
... sight . It is ten years , I think , more or less , since I noticed my sight becoming weak and growing dim , and at the same time my spleen and all my viscera burdened and shaken with flatulence . And even in the morning , if I began as ...
Page 203
... sight . A hellish phase stretched ahead of unknown rooms and unfamiliar stairs and obtrusive furniture ; a period of perpetual bruises and irrita- tion and fear . A friend - possibly a member of the Diodati family , but nobody knows for ...
... sight . A hellish phase stretched ahead of unknown rooms and unfamiliar stairs and obtrusive furniture ; a period of perpetual bruises and irrita- tion and fear . A friend - possibly a member of the Diodati family , but nobody knows for ...
Page 212
... sight because of God's wrath . He was the ' blind beetle that durst affront the Royal Eagle ' , and John Garfield declared in a fawning dedication of Eikon Aklastos that ' I shall leave him under the rod of correction , wherewith God ...
... sight because of God's wrath . He was the ' blind beetle that durst affront the Royal Eagle ' , and John Garfield declared in a fawning dedication of Eikon Aklastos that ' I shall leave him under the rod of correction , wherewith God ...
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