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Milton, John (1608-1674)
One of the greatest poets of the English language. He also was a noted historian, scholar, pamphleteer, and civil servant for the Parliamentarians and the Puritan Commonwealth.
Select Texts:
- A maske presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634, 1637.
- Epitaphium Damonis. 1639.
- Animadversions upon the remonstrants defence, against Smectymnuus. 1641.
- Of reformation touching church-discipline in England: and the causes that hitherto have hindred it. 1641.
- Of prelatical episcopacy. 1641.
- An apology against a pamphlet call'd A modest confutation of the animadversions upon the remonstrant against Smectymnuus. 1642.
- The reason of church-government urg'd against prelaty. 1642.
- Nevvs from hell, Rome and the Innes of court. 1642.
- The doctrine and discipline of divorce. 1643.
- A soveraigne salve to cure the blind, or, A vindication of the power and priviledges claim'd or executed by the Lords and Commons in Parliament. 1643.
- Of education. 1644.
- Areopagitica; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of vnlicens'd printing, to the Parlament of England. 1644.
- Colasterion. 1645.
- Tetrachordon. 1645.
- Poems of Mr. John Milton. 1646.
- Eikonoklast. 1649.
- The tenure of kings and magistrates. 1649.
- Ioannis Miltoni Angli Pro populo Anglicano defensio. 1650.
- The life and reigne of King Charls, or, The pseudo-martyr discovered. 1651.
- Considerations touching the likeliest means to remove hirelings out of the church. 1659.
- A treatise of civil power in ecclesiastical causes. 1659.
- The readie & easie vvay to establish a free Commonwealth. 1660.
- Brief notes upon a late sermon, titl'd, The fear of God and the King. 1660.
- Paradise lost. 1667.
- Accedence commenc't grammar, supply'd with sufficient rules, for the use of such as, younger or elder, are desirous, without more trouble than needs, to attain the Latin tongue. 1669.
- The history of Britain, that part especially now call'd England. 1670.
- Paradise regain'd. 1671.
- Of true religion. 1673.
- Poems, &c. upon several occasions. 1673.
- Joannis Miltoni Angli Artis logic. 1673.
- Mr. John Miltons Character of the Long Parliament and Assembly of Divines in MDCXLI . 1681.
- A brief history of Moscovia. 1682.
- Samson Agonistes. 1688.
- Pro populo adversus tyrannos, or, The sovereign right and power of the people over tyrants, clearly stated, and plainly proved. 1689.
- A defence of the people of England. 1692.
- Letters of state. 1694.
