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• So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless, faithful only he.

  John Milton

  Faith, Faithful, Found

  John Milton, Thomas Newton (1757). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.423

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• The brazen throat of war.

  John Milton

  War, Throat, Brazen

  John Milton (1842). “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.505

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• But oh the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone and never must return!

  John Milton

  Change, Art, Gone

  'Lycidas' (1638) l. 37

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• Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

  John Milton

  Punishment, Wings, Add

  John Milton (1832). “Paradise Lost. [With a portrait.]”, p.43

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• Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?

  John Milton

  Night, Clouds, Silver

  'Comus' (1637) l. 221

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• Herbs, and other country messes, Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses.

  John Milton

  Country, Dresses, Herbs

  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.396

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• Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.

  John Milton

  Firsts, Rafters, Courtesy

  John Milton (1859). “The poems of John Milton”, p.92

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• Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

  John Milton

  Men, Jewels, Treasure

  John Milton (1855). “The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost; with notes, by C.W. Connon”, p.101

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• Thus I set my printless feet O'er the cowslip's velvet head, That bends not as I tread.

  John Milton

  Feet, Velvet

  'Comus' (1637) l. 897

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• Therefore God's universal law Gave to the man despotic power Over his female in due awe, Not from that right to part an hour, Smile she or lour.

  John Milton

  Men, Law, Female

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

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• If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other, until God shall have revealed the truth to all.

  John Milton

  Differences, Scripture, Duty

  John Milton (1872). “The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes”, p.444

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• The planets in their station list'ning stood.

  John Milton

  Sky, Lists, Planets

  John Milton (1749). “Paradise Lost. A Poem. In Twelve Books [Book VII. - XII.]: 2”, p.56

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• O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook.

  John Milton

  Strong, Wine, Thinking

  John Milton (1873). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Preliminary Dissertations on Each Poem, Notes Critical and Explanatory, an Index to the Subjects of Paradise Lost, and a Verbal Index to All the Poems”, p.380

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• Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.

  John Milton

  Children, Mean, Law

  John Milton (1844). “I. Prose Works: Poetical works. II.”

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• Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of Eternity.

  John Milton

  Keys, Hands, Golden

  'Comus' (1637) l. 12

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• Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.

  John Milton

  Sports, Laughter, Nymphs

  John Milton, John Hunter (1864). “Milton's Comus, L'allegro, and Il Penseroso: With Numerous Illustrative Notes &c”, p.59

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• Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good; and if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed, Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark.

  John Milton

  Dark, Night, Light

  John Milton (1837). “Paradis perdu: de Milton”, p.338

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• In vain doth valour bleed, While Avarice and Rapine share the land.

  John Milton

  Land, Share, Vain

  John Milton (1873). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Preliminary Dissertations on Each Poem, Notes Critical and Explanatory, an Index to the Subjects of Paradise Lost, and a Verbal Index to All the Poems”, p.482

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• Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.

  John Milton

  Twilight, Eclipse

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 594

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• This is servitude, To serve th'unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled.

  John Milton

  Thee, Unwise, Servitude

  1665 Abdiel to Satan. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.6, l.178-81.

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• Blind mouths! That scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook.

  John Milton

  Sheep, Hook, Mouths

  'Lycidas' (1638) l. 114

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• For to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise.

  John Milton

  Ease, Littles, Frail

  1637 Lycidas, l.152-3.

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• O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.

  John Milton

  Flower, Fading

  'On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough' (1673) st. 1

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• And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive.

  John Milton

  Light, Umpires, Safe

  1665 Paradise Lost (published 1667), bk.3, l.194-7.

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• And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.

  John Milton

  Shepherds, Tales

  'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 63

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