The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (178 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary Collections, #Poetry, #Classics, #English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, #English poetry
1797
dreadful, terrible
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1799
rebuff, being forced/driven back
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1802
judgment, opinion, direction
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1803
at full = completely
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1805
“His strength”
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1806
act, business
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1807
secret, confidential
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1808
plan, scheme
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1809
brought about, accomplished
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1811
common, prevalent
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1813
special, select [adjective]
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1814
attention, consideration
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1815
breaking/bursting forth
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1817
i.e., from scabbards strapped to their thighs
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1818
(1) very much, (2) proudly, arrogantly
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1819
clutched and held firmly
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1820
reverberating, sonorous
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1821
ugly, horrible
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1822
“the whole rest”
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1823
a scale/crust (of hardened sulfur, combined with volcanic flow)
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1824
current science taught that metals formed by mercury combining with sulfur
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1825
soldiers with shovels and axes
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1826
run in front of, precede
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1827
dig trenches in
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1828
to throw up, with shovels or spades
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1829
defensive mound, usually of earth
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1830
upright, elevated
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1831
aught…else = anyone else
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1833
(of the earth)
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1834
plundered, robbed
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1835
veins (of ore)
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1836
be surprised/amazed/astonished
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1838
(1) brag of, (2) glory in
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1840
condemned, depraved, rejected by God
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1841
i.e., Memphian kings et al.
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1850
golden dregs
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1851
as soon = quickly
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1855
structure, building
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1856
sweet, pleasing
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1857
harmonious music
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1858
pillars, columns
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1859
a form of Greek architecture
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1860
support beams of various types
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1862
ornamental molding
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1863
decoration applied between the architrave and the cornice
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1864
bossy sculptures = bas-relief sculptures
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1865
adorned, carved
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1866
ancient Memphis, near modern Cairo
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1867
Belus or Serapis = Baal or Osiris
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1868
enthrone, establish
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1869
lofty/large building/structure
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1870
(1) located, established, (2) firm, stable
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1871
(1) brass, (2) hardened in their effrontery
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1873
suspended, hung
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1874
intricate, delicate, skillful, expert, ingenious
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1876
swift, hurrying
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1878
Mulciber = Hephaestus/Vulcan
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1879
talked idly, lied about
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1880
steeply, perpendicularly
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1881
fortifications placed on top of walls
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1882
directly overhead
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1883
tell, recount
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1884
mob, rabble
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1885
machines, devices
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1886
hardworking, skillful, ingenious
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1887
solemnly impressive/majestic
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1889
i.e., all the spirits/demons
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1890
precisely formed
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1891
position, post, rank
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1892
soon, quickly
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1895
were in the habit, accustomed to
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1898
encounter, charge
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1900
walk and speak
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1901
closed in, compacted
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1902
the Himalayas
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1903
merrymaking
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1904
tardy, late-coming
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1905
person in charge
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1906
revolves, turns, rolls, moves
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1907
way, onward movement
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1909
i.e., the watching peasant
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1910
at large = at liberty, free
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1911
sovereign establishment
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1915
put forward
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1918
Persian Gulf city of great wealth
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1920
showy, magnificent
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1921
unsatisfiable
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1922
(1) failure, misfortune, (2) result, sequel (to the first attempt)
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1924
(1) strength, energy, (2) mental acuity
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1925
the seventh of the nine angelic orders
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1926
“Although just right [fair law] at first created me….
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1928
luckier, more fortunate
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1929
goes along with, depends on
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1930
rank, worth, honor, excellence
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1931
defensive structure, rampart
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1932
political parties, intrigue, strife
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1934
(1) hope, (2) confidence, confident expectation
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1936
opinion, judgment
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1937
injurious, abusive, disgraceful
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1938
engine = mechanical device: God’s chariot?
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1939
the deepest region of Hades
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1940
unknown, unfamiliar
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1941
drug, potion
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1942
in book 1, line 266, an “oblivious pool”
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1943
intrinsic—i.e., that which inheres in Spirits/Angels, etc.
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1944
actively opposed (i.e., unnatural)
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