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... poet's father , for turning Protestant . John Milton , Sr. , going to London , made his way to prominence and a comfortable fortune as a scrivener , or notary , and through the collateral business of private banking or moneylending ...
... poet's father , for turning Protestant . John Milton , Sr. , going to London , made his way to prominence and a comfortable fortune as a scrivener , or notary , and through the collateral business of private banking or moneylending ...
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... poet Andrew Mar- vell , who in 1657 had become a fellow secretary and was now a member of Parliament , or of the Royalist playwright Sir William Davenant , whose life Milton had earlier been the means of saving . It may have been ...
... poet Andrew Mar- vell , who in 1657 had become a fellow secretary and was now a member of Parliament , or of the Royalist playwright Sir William Davenant , whose life Milton had earlier been the means of saving . It may have been ...
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... poet's fame to the Continent . His influence on 18th - century verse was im- mense . In the 19th century , two main streams of critical opinion are evident . On the one hand , the revolutionary Romantic poets Blake and Shelley launched ...
... poet's fame to the Continent . His influence on 18th - century verse was im- mense . In the 19th century , two main streams of critical opinion are evident . On the one hand , the revolutionary Romantic poets Blake and Shelley launched ...
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