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... whole superficial and simplistic , the bulk consisting of straightforward explication and ' explanation of obsolete words . ' Their nature and sig- nificance have been adequately explored by Ants Oras in his Milton's Editors and ...
... whole superficial and simplistic , the bulk consisting of straightforward explication and ' explanation of obsolete words . ' Their nature and sig- nificance have been adequately explored by Ants Oras in his Milton's Editors and ...
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... whole lines , often only single words - to suit his own tastes . From 1.6 , where he conjectures that secret should be sacred , to the last two lines of the poem , which he proposes should read THEN hand in hand with SOCIAL steps their ...
... whole lines , often only single words - to suit his own tastes . From 1.6 , where he conjectures that secret should be sacred , to the last two lines of the poem , which he proposes should read THEN hand in hand with SOCIAL steps their ...
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... whole of the preliminar- ies have been reprinted , ' The Printer to the Reader ' has been omitted . 16 See Appendix . 17 John Milton's Complete Poetical Works II 115 18 See Darbishire's ' The Printing of the First Edition of Paradise ...
... whole of the preliminar- ies have been reprinted , ' The Printer to the Reader ' has been omitted . 16 See Appendix . 17 John Milton's Complete Poetical Works II 115 18 See Darbishire's ' The Printing of the First Edition of Paradise ...
Contents
The Early Editions 16781730 | 30 |
Richard Bentley to Thomas Newton | 59 |
The Modern Editorial Preoccupation | 80 |
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