Essays · Character
Milton
English poet; author of Paradise Lost; cited on liberty.
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First appearance: on the duty of civil disobedience
Milton shows up with force in Aulus Persius Flaccus. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referenced as a poet whose work is like 'rustling of leaves' before the Muse's true singing.
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In Aulus Persius Flaccus: Referenced as a poet whose work is like 'rustling of leaves' before the Muse's true singing. Later, in Chaucer: Referenced as a poet whose genius soars, in contrast to Chaucer's genial and…
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