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New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large.

John Milton

Priests

'On the New Forcers of Conscience under the Long Parliament' (1646)

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Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie, Shook the arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece, To Macedon, and Artaxerxes' throne.

John Milton

Thrones, Oratory, Fierce

John Milton, Henry John Todd, Thomas Newton, John Aikin (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.275

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Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.

John Milton

Views, Theatre, Cedars

John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.244

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He who tempts, though in vain, at last asperses
The tempted with dishonor foul, supposed
Not incorruptible of faith, not proof
Against temptation.

John Milton

Temptation, Lasts, Corruption

John Milton (2009). “The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton”, p.526, Modern Library

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By a certain fate, great acts, and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same ages.

John Milton

Fate, Greatness, Hands

John Milton (1866). “Treasures from the prose writings of John Milton”, p.389

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None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.

John Milton

Wise, Men, Giving

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.139

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Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathèd Smiles.

John Milton

Nymphs, Wreaths, Dimples

'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 25

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Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child!

John Milton

Children, Fancy, Sweetest

'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 125

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But that from us aught should ascend to Heav'n So prevalent as to concern the mind Of God, high-bless'd, or to incline His will, Hard to belief may seem; yet this will prayer.

John Milton

Prayer, Mind, May

John Milton (1852). “The Poetical Works of John Milton ...”, p.228

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It is for homely features to keep home,- They had their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply The sampler and to tease the huswife's wool. What need a vermeil-tinctur'd lip for that, Love-darting eyes, or tresses like the morn?

John Milton

Love, Sorry, Home

'Comus' (1637) l. 745

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O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!

John Milton

Hope, Dark, Science

Samson Agonistes l. 80 (1671) See T. S. Eliot 104

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These are thy glorious works Parent of Good, Almighty, thine this universal Frame, Thus wondrous fair; thy self how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitst above these Heavens To us invisible or dimly seen In these thy lowest works, yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and Power Divine: Speak ye who best can tell, ye Sons of light, Angels, for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, Day without Night, Circle his Throne rejoicing, ye in Heav'n, On Earth join all ye Creatures to extoll Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.

John Milton

God, Song, Angel

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 5, l. 164

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Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant: What is in me dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the heighth of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.

John Milton

God, Heart, Dark

John Milton (2013). “Paradise Lost Simplified!: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index”, p.9, BookCaps Study Guides

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Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.

John Milton

Justice, May, Mercy

John Milton, Samuel Johnson, John Evans (1799). “Milton's Paradise lost: with the life of the author ; to which is prefixed the celebrated critique by Sam Johnson LLD.”, p.283

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Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offence returning, to regain Love once possess'd.

John Milton

Love, Power, Strange

'Samson Agonistes' (1671) l. 1003

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He 's gone, and who knows how he may report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?

John Milton

Flames, Gone, Fuel

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.217

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God shall be all in all.

John Milton

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors”, p.228

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His words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command. Ibid.

John Milton

Nimble, Airy, Command

'An Apology for Smectymnuus' (1642) sect. 12, p. 55

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Truth and understanding are not such wares as to be monopolized and traded in by tickets and statutes and standards. We must not think to make a staple commodity of all the knowledge in the land, to mark and license it like our broadcloth and our woolpacks.

John Milton

Thinking, Land, Understanding

John Milton (1835). “Prose Works”, p.112

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Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' centre and enjoy bright day; But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the midday sun.

John Milton

Sweet, Dark, Moon

'Comus' (1637) l. 373

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When thou attended gloriously from heaven , Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal.

John Milton

Sky, Heaven, Judgment

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.198

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Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones Forget not.

John Milton

Lying, Father, Mountain

John Milton (2004). “The Complete Poems”, p.150, Penguin UK

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O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.

John Milton

Heart, May, Woods

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.449

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Education of youth is not a bow for every man to shoot in that counts himself a teacher; but will require sinews almost equal to those which Homer gave to Ulysses.

John Milton

Teacher, Teaching, Men

John Milton (2013). “The Collected Prose Works of John Milton (Annotated Edition)”, p.328, Jazzybee Verlag

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Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers--
If these magnific titles yet remain
Not merely titular.

John Milton

Titles, Thrones, Dominion

John Milton (1749). “Poetical works. A new ed. with notes of various authors by Thomas Newton. (With copper-plates.)”, p.249

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Born: December 9, 1608
Died: November 8, 1674
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