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John Milton
(1608-1674 / London / England)
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John Milton Son of a music composer, Milton was educated at St Paul's School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He began writing poetry at university, where he gained the nickname of "the Lady of Christ's" which he attributed to "a certain niceness of nature". On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, composed the Christmas of the year in which he received his first degree, marked the abandoning of his previous frivolous style. From then on Milton sought to instruct his audience in a style later considered "Miltonic". His central moral belief is in individual responsibility: only when one is allowed choice can one become a moral being. more >>
 
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Thus Satan talking to his neerest Mate
With Head up-lift above the wave, and Eyes
That sparkling blaz'd, his other Parts besides
Prone on the Flood, extended long and large
Lay flo...
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John Milton (1608-1674), British poet. Paradise Lost (l. Bk. I, l. 192-201). . . The Complete Poetry of John Milton. John T. Shawcross, ed. (1963,...
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''None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.''
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John Milton (1608-1674), British poet. repr. In Complete Prose Works of Milton, ed. Ernest Sirluck (1959). The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649)....
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Nandkishor Dadhich (1/5/2012 4:55:00 AM)
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Milton it's my glee, I see thee through thy poems. Love thee it's my glee.
Kiyaga Lyttle Cephas (Kay) (10/15/2011 7:09:00 AM)
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Good writing and poetry.

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