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... for the most part about 1649 , but not printed till 1670. In it he used the materials collected for his abandoned epic on the story of King Arthur . MSS . at Trinity College1 , shew that exactly ninety LIFE OF MILTON . xxi.
... for the most part about 1649 , but not printed till 1670. In it he used the materials collected for his abandoned epic on the story of King Arthur . MSS . at Trinity College1 , shew that exactly ninety LIFE OF MILTON . xxi.
Page xxiii
... some little difficulty over the licensing of the poem . For these reasons the publication of Paradise Lost was delayed till the autumn of 1667 ( Masson ) . our purpose to offer any criticism upon the poems . LIFE OF MILTON . xxiii.
... some little difficulty over the licensing of the poem . For these reasons the publication of Paradise Lost was delayed till the autumn of 1667 ( Masson ) . our purpose to offer any criticism upon the poems . LIFE OF MILTON . xxiii.
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... till the autumn of 1634. To celebrate the event great festivities were held at his official residence , Ludlow Castle . The first performance of Comus was part of these festivities . It took place on Michaelmas night , 1634. Doubtless ...
... till the autumn of 1634. To celebrate the event great festivities were held at his official residence , Ludlow Castle . The first performance of Comus was part of these festivities . It took place on Michaelmas night , 1634. Doubtless ...
Page xxix
... herself . The Brothers afterwards meet with an Old Man , who is also skilled in magic ; and by listening to his soothsayings , In Comus it is the Lady who invokes the Echo . they recover their lost Sister . But not till the COMUS . xxix.
... herself . The Brothers afterwards meet with an Old Man , who is also skilled in magic ; and by listening to his soothsayings , In Comus it is the Lady who invokes the Echo . they recover their lost Sister . But not till the COMUS . xxix.
Page xxx
John Milton Arthur Wilson Verity. they recover their lost Sister . But not till the Enchanter's wreath has been torn from his head , his sword wrested from his hand , a glass broken , and a light extinguished . " Warton's abstract of the ...
John Milton Arthur Wilson Verity. they recover their lost Sister . But not till the Enchanter's wreath has been torn from his head , his sword wrested from his hand , a glass broken , and a light extinguished . " Warton's abstract of the ...
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Adonis Æneid allusion beautiful Ben Jonson blank verse called Cambridge character charm chastity Circe classical Comus dance daughter dramatic Earl of Bridgewater earth Echo Elder Brother Elizabethan enchanted English epithet Estrildis evil eyes Faerie Queene fair favourite genius Germ goddess gods hath Heaven hence Henry Wotton Homer honour Il Penseroso influence Italy Jonson King L'Allegro Lady Latin Lawes's legend Locrine Lord Lord Brackley Ludlow Castle Lycidas lyric Mark Pattison Masque Masson metaphor Midsummer-Night's Dream Milton nature night noun nymph Odyssey original Paradise Lost passage pastoral Penseroso perhaps phrase piece pleasure poem poet poetic poetry probably Puritanism reference rhyme rhythm river Sabrina Sabrina fair Samson Agonistes says scene sense Shakespeare shepherd Sir Henry song Sonnet soul Spenser Spirit stage-direction story sweet syllable Tempest Tennyson thou thought Thyrsis verb virgin Virtue wood word writers youth