The Complete Poems and Major ProseFirst published by Odyssey Press in 1957, this classic edition provides Milton's poetry and major prose works, richly annotated, in a sturdy and affordable clothbound volume. |
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O how oft shall he 5 On Faith and changed Gods complain: and Seas Rough with black winds and storms Unwonted shall admire: Who now enjoys thee credulous, all Gold; Who always vacant, always amiable IO Hopes thee; of flattering gales ...
O how oft shall he 5 On Faith and changed Gods complain: and Seas Rough with black winds and storms Unwonted shall admire: Who now enjoys thee credulous, all Gold; Who always vacant, always amiable IO Hopes thee; of flattering gales ...
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... turn your steps toward the walls of opulent Hamburg, which is said to derive its name from Hama, who, they say, was slain by a Danish club.” There a pastor lives, who is illustrious for his honor of the primitive faith and well ...
... turn your steps toward the walls of opulent Hamburg, which is said to derive its name from Hama, who, they say, was slain by a Danish club.” There a pastor lives, who is illustrious for his honor of the primitive faith and well ...
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... E. M. W. Tillyard seems right in regarding his cosmic “optimism” as mainly due to his faith in the current hope of the Puritans for the fulfilment of their religious and political hopes, perhaps by the fulfilment 32 THAT NATURE IS ...
... E. M. W. Tillyard seems right in regarding his cosmic “optimism” as mainly due to his faith in the current hope of the Puritans for the fulfilment of their religious and political hopes, perhaps by the fulfilment 32 THAT NATURE IS ...
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The elements do not vary from their faith and with their accustomed uproar the lightning-bolts strike and shatter the rocks. Corus” goes raging with no gentler voice through the void and the ferocious Aquilo” torments the armed ...
The elements do not vary from their faith and with their accustomed uproar the lightning-bolts strike and shatter the rocks. Corus” goes raging with no gentler voice through the void and the ferocious Aquilo” torments the armed ...
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Not many readers now see the Lady as a mere projection of Milton's own “cold stoicism” and inexperienced faith in “the magic power of chastity,” which Denis Saurat attributed to him in 1929, in Milton: Man and Thinker (p. 9).
Not many readers now see the Lady as a mere projection of Milton's own “cold stoicism” and inexperienced faith in “the magic power of chastity,” which Denis Saurat attributed to him in 1929, in Milton: Man and Thinker (p. 9).
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User Review - jsburbidge - LibraryThingThis is pretty well the standard edition of Milton, with a critically established text, a reasonable level of apparatus for non-expert readers, and a critical mass of Milton's work extending beyond his major works to everything that anyone who is not a specialist is likely to need. Read full review
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User Review - selfcallednowhere - LibraryThingOk, so I didn't read this whole thing, obviously. But I did read "Paradise Lost" and that's the important thing, right? And I actually ended up enjoying it a lot more than I expected to. The language ... Read full review
Contents
| 3 | |
| 173 | |
Paradise Regained | 471 |
Samson Agonistes | 531 |
Prose | 595 |
Appendix | 1021 |
Index of Names | 1045 |
BACK COVER | 1060 |
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Common terms and phrases
Adam Aeneid ancient angels Areopagitica Aristotle Beast behold bishops Book called Chorus Christ Christian church Comus dark death delight divine doctrine doth E. M. W. Tillyard Earth Euripides evil eyes faith Father fear fire glory God's goddess gods grace Greek hand happy hast hath heart Heav'n heavenly Hell Hesiod holy honor human John John Milton Jove King Latin meaning learned less light live Lord Lycidas marriage Milton mind Muses nature night Ovid Ovid's Paradise Lost Paradise Regained peace perhaps Philistines Plato poem poet praise prelates Psalm Roman Samson Agonistes Satan says Serpent song SONNET soul spake spirit stars stood story sweet thee things thir thou thought Throne tion tradition translation Tree truth verse VIII virtue wings wisdom words Zeus
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Complete Poems and Major Prose Hackett Classics |
| Author | John Milton |
| Editor | Merritt Y. Hughes |
| Publisher | Hackett Publishing, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1624665853, 9781624665851 |
| Length | 1088 pages |
| Subjects | › › Poetry / Epic Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Poetry / European / General |
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