Selected Shorter Poems and Prose WritingsIncludes Comus, Lycidas, and extracts from the prose, such as the early pamphlet, Of Reformation, and the celebrated Areopagitica in defence of freedom of the press. |
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... Latin and the rest in English . They fall into three chronological groups , which to some extent correspond also to their subject - matter . First come the five ' antiprelatical ' pamphlets of 1641-2 , the four divorce pam- phlets of ...
... Latin and the rest in English . They fall into three chronological groups , which to some extent correspond also to their subject - matter . First come the five ' antiprelatical ' pamphlets of 1641-2 , the four divorce pam- phlets of ...
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... Latin and English elegies Justa Edouardo King naufrago ) to a Fellow of Christ's College and an acquaintance of Milton , drowned on his way to Ireland . Reprinting the poem in 1645 , Milton sharpened the political argument ( see 129n ) ...
... Latin and English elegies Justa Edouardo King naufrago ) to a Fellow of Christ's College and an acquaintance of Milton , drowned on his way to Ireland . Reprinting the poem in 1645 , Milton sharpened the political argument ( see 129n ) ...
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... ( Latin Mona , Welsh Ynys Mon ) was believed to be the centre of the ancient and semi - legendary priesthood of the Druids . cf. Areopagitica , 567n . Deva Latin name for the Cheshire Dee . King was sailing from Chester to Ireland when he ...
... ( Latin Mona , Welsh Ynys Mon ) was believed to be the centre of the ancient and semi - legendary priesthood of the Druids . cf. Areopagitica , 567n . Deva Latin name for the Cheshire Dee . King was sailing from Chester to Ireland when he ...
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An epitaph on the admirable dramatic poet | 27 |
Lycidas 1638 | 56 |
from Areopagitica 1644 | 85 |
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