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... followed Cromwell's death was leading clearly to the Restoration , Milton was bold enough to publish , and to augment and republish , a last plea for a republic . As a notorious champion of the Commonwealth he was in serious danger of ...
... followed Cromwell's death was leading clearly to the Restoration , Milton was bold enough to publish , and to augment and republish , a last plea for a republic . As a notorious champion of the Commonwealth he was in serious danger of ...
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... followed the fourth line . The manu- script version of the Attendant Spirit's opening speech reads thus , in part : Before the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aƫrial spirits live ...
... followed the fourth line . The manu- script version of the Attendant Spirit's opening speech reads thus , in part : Before the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is , where those immortal shapes Of bright aƫrial spirits live ...
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... followed it up with An Humble Remonstrance to the High Court of Parliament . Hall was soon answered by a group of Pres- byterian divines whose initials made up the collective name of Smectymnuus ( the " ty " stood for Milton's old tutor ...
... followed it up with An Humble Remonstrance to the High Court of Parliament . Hall was soon answered by a group of Pres- byterian divines whose initials made up the collective name of Smectymnuus ( the " ty " stood for Milton's old tutor ...
Contents
Introduction CONTENTS | 7 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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