The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (197 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary Collections, #Poetry, #Classics, #English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, #English poetry
4688
appropriate [four syllables, first and third accented]
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4690
Urania, muse of epic poetry
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4691
condescends, vouchsafes
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4692
quietly, comfortably
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4693
not planned out in advance
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4694
i.e., taking a long time to choose his course, his subject matter, and starting late in life
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4695
diligent, assiduous
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4696
write about, in a literary composition
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4697
theme, subject
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4698
judged, considered
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4699
skill, knowledge
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4700
analyze, anatomize
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4701
destruction
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4702
imaginary, not real
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4703
knightly combat, jousting
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4704
equipment, furnishings
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4705
adorned (painted)
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4706
devices/insignia painted on shields
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4707
ingenious, skillful
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4709
the lower part of a shield
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4710
showy, glittering
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4711
magnificent, rich
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4712
properly ordered
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4715
clever trickery/devices
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4716
duty, service
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4719
i.e., “heroic poem”
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4721
held/forced down
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4722
evening star
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4723
duty, function
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4725
not long before
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4726
enhanced, advanced, made better
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4728
come about, happen
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4730
had observed
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4734
great circle
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4735
coast averse = side opposite
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4736
that which does not arouse suspicion
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4738
Mesopotamian river, which watered Eden
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4739
profound depth in a body of water
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4740
passing swiftly/suddenly
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4742
the Black Sea
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4743
the Sea of Azov (a lake, in fact)
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4744
flowing into the Arctic Sea
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4745
Syrian river
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4746
Isthmus of Panama, northeastern (Atlantic) side
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4747
sphere, globe
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4748
close, careful
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4749
judgment, opinion
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4750
urchin, little devil/demon
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4752
note, notice
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4754
mental capacity
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4760
graded, degrees of
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4763
destruction, ruin, woe
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4767
happiness, welfare
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4769
harmed, spoiled
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4773
hidden, secret
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4776
chance, fortune
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4777
mazy folds = mazelike object, bent/folded
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4778
forcibly compressed
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4779
convert into flesh
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4780
degrade to the level of an animal
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4784
liable, subject
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4786
descend, fall
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4787
insult, contempt
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4790
frightful, detestable
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4791
wild beast’s lair
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4793
the serpent’s
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4796
(1) pleasing, (2) thankful
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4798
they partake, share in
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4800
work at, continue
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4801
getting, doing
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4802
widely, extensively
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4803
continually
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4804
make straight/right
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4805
prescribed authoritatively
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4807
rebellious, unmanageable
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4811
bursting forth
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4813
interrupts, stops
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4817
shady paths
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4821
most appropriately
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4822
pure, innocent, unstained
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4823
grave, sober
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4824
steadiness, constancy
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4825
intact, free, untouched
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4826
wanting confidence
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4830
overpowered
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4831
bring to bear
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4832
similar, equivalent
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4833
test, endeavor, effort
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4834
attached to his home
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4835
[four syllables, first and third accented]
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4836
made narrower
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4838
equivalent, equal
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4839
insults, confronts
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4840
judgment, estimate
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4841
forehead, face
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4842
allegation, suspicion
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4843
imagine, fancy
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