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• Her virtue and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won.

  John Milton

  Would Be, Virtue, Conscience

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1852). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office”, p.309

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• Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize.

  John Milton

  Rain, Eye, Judging

  'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 121

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• Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.

  John Milton

  Tears, Weakness, Noble

  'Samson Agonistes' (1671) l. 1721

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• Seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books.

  John Milton

  Life, Book, Men

  John Milton (1848). “The poetical works of John Milton: With a memoir, and critical remarks on his genius and writings”, p.18

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• For what is glory but the blaze of fame?

  John Milton

  Glory, Fame

  John Milton (1871). “The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M. Rossetti”, p.232

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• The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.

  John Milton

  Clouds, Elements, Landscape

  John Milton (1832). “Paradise Lost. [With a portrait.]”, p.37

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• When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it come not first in at their casements.

  John Milton

  Light, Envy, Shining

  John Milton (2003). “The Major Works”, p.269, Oxford University Press, USA

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• A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.

  John Milton

  Night, Reign, Chaos

  John Milton (1903*). “Poetical Works”

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• Darkness now rose, as daylight sunk, and brought in low'ring Night her shadowy offspring.

  John Milton

  Night, Rose, Darkness

  John Milton, Thomas Newton (1809). “The poetical works of John Milton: from the text of Doctor Newton with the life of the author”, p.325

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• But oh! as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night.

  John Milton

  Night, Embrace

  John Milton (1824). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton”, p.216

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• Come knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round

  John Milton

  Light, Hands, Ballet

  Comus l. 143 (1637)

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• There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion, no orations equal to those of the prophets, and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach.

  John Milton

  Bible, Song, Zion

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• Let us go forth and resolutely dare with sweat of brow to toil our little day.

  John Milton

  Work, Sweat, Toil

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• Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source of human happiness.

  John Milton

  Anniversary, Marriage, Wedding

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 4, l. 750

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• The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving.

  John Milton

  Running, Voice, Dumb

  John Milton (1804). “Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author”, p.166

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• What reinforcement we may gain from hope;
  If not, what resolution from despair.

  John Milton

  Hope, Despair, May

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 190

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• Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell, . . . . And boldly venture to whatever place Farthest from pain?

  John Milton

  Pain, Venture, Way

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1831). “Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books”, p.99

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• Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.

  John Milton

  Pain, Ease, Void

  John Milton (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost: Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... with Notes Grammatical, Geographical, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ...”, p.241

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• Virtue, which breaks through opposition and all temptation can remove, most shines, and most is acceptable above.

  John Milton

  Break Through, Shining, Temptation

  John Bell, Joseph Addison, John Banks, Michael Arne, John Brown (1796). “British Theatre: Caractacus”

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• The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.

  John Milton

  Shining, Heaven, Earth

  John Milton (1847). “The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments”, p.171

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• This manner of writing wherein knowing myself inferior to myself? I have the use, as I may account it, but of my left hand.

  John Milton

  Writing, Hands, Knowing

  'The Reason of Church Government' (1642) bk. 2, introduction

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• Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.

  John Milton

  1665 Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.3, l.102.

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• Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

  John Milton

  Teaching, England, Forget

  'The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce' (1643) 'To the Parliament of England'

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• On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder.

  John Milton

  Doors, Sound, Thunder

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 2, l. 879

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• From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging.

  John Milton

  Thinking, Anxiety, Arms

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1831). “Paradise Lost : a Poem in Twelve Books”, p.96

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