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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... called him Johannes Polypragmaticus - Jack Busybody ' ) ( Parker 1968 : I , 390 ) . For most of us , Milton's lifelong argu- ments with Plato , British history , and the Book of Genesis are a matter for dutiful research rather than ...
... called him Johannes Polypragmaticus - Jack Busybody ' ) ( Parker 1968 : I , 390 ) . For most of us , Milton's lifelong argu- ments with Plato , British history , and the Book of Genesis are a matter for dutiful research rather than ...
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... called the true keepers of our liberty , though the most of their business will be in foreign affairs . But to prevent all mistrust , the people then will have their several ordinary assemblies ( which will henceforth quite annihilate ...
... called the true keepers of our liberty , though the most of their business will be in foreign affairs . But to prevent all mistrust , the people then will have their several ordinary assemblies ( which will henceforth quite annihilate ...
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... called Phoebus ( = bright ) . Com , 428 , 662 ; Lyc , 1n , 104n ; ' Nat ' , 103n , 176n . Arcadia Mountainous kingdom in southern Greece . Re- garded by the Greeks as a primitive and barbaric region , it was envisaged by later writers ...
... called Phoebus ( = bright ) . Com , 428 , 662 ; Lyc , 1n , 104n ; ' Nat ' , 103n , 176n . Arcadia Mountainous kingdom in southern Greece . Re- garded by the Greeks as a primitive and barbaric region , it was envisaged by later writers ...
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An epitaph on the admirable dramatic poet | 27 |
Lycidas 1638 | 56 |
from Areopagitica 1644 | 85 |
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