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Milton, John

From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
1608-74 English poet John Milton was born in Bread Street, Cheapside, the son of a scrivener and composer. He was educated at St Paul's School and Christ's College, Cambridge. His apprentice work at Cambridge includes the "Nativity Ode", an epitaph on Shakespeare and "At a Solemn Music". In 1635 his father moved to Horton in Buckinghamshire; there Milton wrote L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, Comus and the pastoral elegy Lycidas (1637). For the next two years Milton visited Italy (1638-39). The fame of his Latin poems had preceded him and he was received in the academies with distinction. His Italian tour was interrupted by news of the imminent outbreak of Civil War in England. This event, into which he threw himself with revolutionary ardour, silenced his poetic output for 20 years except for some Latin and Italian pieces and occasional sonnets, most of which were published in a volume of Poems in 1645. Two of these stand out: the noble "On His Blindness" and "On the Late Massacre in…
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From Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
After William SHAKESPEARE . Milton is considered the greatest poet of the English language. He began his education at home, with his mother devoting herself to his religious training. He later went to St. Paul’s School, and then to Christ’s College, Cambridge, with the intention of becoming a…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
English poet. Milton first major pieces are the masque Comus (1634), and the pastoral elergy Lycidas (1637). He was committed to reform of the Church of England, and his pamphlet Of Reformation in England (1641) attacked episcopacy. A champion of the revolutionary forces in the English Civil War…
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Full text Article John Milton (1608–1674)

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Abash'd the Devil stood, / And felt how awful goodness is, and saw / Virtue in her shape how lovely. Paradise Lost IV. 846 And calm of mind all passion spent. Samson Agonistes 1. 1745 And out of good still to find means of evil. Paradise Lost I. 165 And princely counsel in his face yet shone, / …
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Full text Article PEACE

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Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed. [Constitution of UNESCO] Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,But Roaring Bill (who killed him)thought it right. BELLOC, Hilaire ‘ The Pacifist ’ (1938). Peace : In international…
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Full text Article CITIES

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Match me such marvel save in Eastern clime,A rose-red city ‘half as old as Time’! BURGON, John William ‘ Petra ’ (1845). He so beautified the city that he justly boasted that he found it brick and left it marble. In Suetonius Lives of the Caesars . …
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Full text Article VIOLENCE

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I have never been attracted to any kind of violence. I even refused to join the Girl Guides because they wore uniforms. ADIE, Kate The Sunday Times , 2001. Fighting is not the answer to frustration and hate. It is a sport, not a philosophy of life. [Interview, TV Guide magazine, 1999] Rioting is at…
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Full text Article THE DEVIL

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My dear brothers, never forget when you hear the progress of the Enlightenment praised, that the Devil’s cleverest ploy is to persuade you that he doesn’t exist. [Attr.] Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. THE BIBLE ; James, 4:7. The devil’s most devilish when respectable. BROWNING, …
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Full text Article KNOWLEDGE

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They know enough who know how to learn. ADAMS, Henry The Education of Henry Adams (1918). Knowledge itself is power. BACON, Francis ‘ Of Heresies ’ (1597). He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. …
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Full text Article REVENGE

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An eye for an eye leads only to more blindness. ATWOOD, Margaret Cat’s Eye (1988). Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. BACON, Francis ‘ Of Revenge ’ (1625). Vengeance is mine; I will repay, sa... …
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Full text Article JEALOUSY

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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had. JONG, Erica Fear of Flying (1973). Nor jealousieWas understood, the injur’d Lover’s Hell. MILTON, John Paradise Lost (1667). To jealousy nothing is mor... …
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