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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... sonnets : Donna leggiadra il cui bel nome honora L'herbosa val di Rheno . . . ( ' Sonnet II " ) ' My lady fair , whose lovely name honours the grassy Reno valley . . . ' Milton by this date was fairly fluent in Italian . Perhaps it was ...
... sonnets : Donna leggiadra il cui bel nome honora L'herbosa val di Rheno . . . ( ' Sonnet II " ) ' My lady fair , whose lovely name honours the grassy Reno valley . . . ' Milton by this date was fairly fluent in Italian . Perhaps it was ...
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... sonnet which suggests , with exaggerated devotion , that all Lawes's musical predecessors in England habitually failed to set words harmo- niously to music without misjoining strong musical accents and un- accented syllables . ' If this ...
... sonnet which suggests , with exaggerated devotion , that all Lawes's musical predecessors in England habitually failed to set words harmo- niously to music without misjoining strong musical accents and un- accented syllables . ' If this ...
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... sonnet ' When I consider how my light is spent ' . He can write in the Defensio Secunda ' To be sure , we blind men are not the least of God's concerns , for the less able we are to perceive anything other than Himself , the more ...
... sonnet ' When I consider how my light is spent ' . He can write in the Defensio Secunda ' To be sure , we blind men are not the least of God's concerns , for the less able we are to perceive anything other than Himself , the more ...
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