ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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Page v
... Italy in 1639 ; the second at the Restoration in 1660 , when release from the fetters of politics enabled him to remind the world that he was a great poet , if not a great controversialist ; the third is brought to a close with his ...
... Italy in 1639 ; the second at the Restoration in 1660 , when release from the fetters of politics enabled him to remind the world that he was a great poet , if not a great controversialist ; the third is brought to a close with his ...
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... Italy in 1639 ; the second at the Restoration in 1660 , when release from the fetters of politics enabled him to remind the world that he was a great poet , if not a great controversialist ; the third is brought to a close with his ...
... Italy in 1639 ; the second at the Restoration in 1660 , when release from the fetters of politics enabled him to remind the world that he was a great poet , if not a great controversialist ; the third is brought to a close with his ...
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... Italy . He had long made himself a master of Italian , and it was natural that he should seek inspiration in the land where many English poets , from Chaucer to Shelley , have found it . Milton remained abroad some fifteen months ...
... Italy . He had long made himself a master of Italian , and it was natural that he should seek inspiration in the land where many English poets , from Chaucer to Shelley , have found it . Milton remained abroad some fifteen months ...
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... Italy he had undertaken the training of his nephews1 . This led to consideration of the best edu- cational methods ; and in the Tractate on Education , 1644 , Milton assumed the part of educational theorist . In the previous year , May ...
... Italy he had undertaken the training of his nephews1 . This led to consideration of the best edu- cational methods ; and in the Tractate on Education , 1644 , Milton assumed the part of educational theorist . In the previous year , May ...
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... Italy . Did he choose aright ? Should he have continued upon the path of learned leisure ? There are writers who One reply to argue that Milton made a mistake . A poet , this question . they say , should keep clear of political strife ...
... Italy . Did he choose aright ? Should he have continued upon the path of learned leisure ? There are writers who One reply to argue that Milton made a mistake . A poet , this question . they say , should keep clear of political strife ...
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