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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Milton. Cowley. Waller ... - Page 124
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The Works of John Milton: With an Introduction and Bibliography

John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
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Spokesperson Milton: Voices in Contemporary Criticism

Charles W. Durham, Kristin Pruitt McColgan - 1994 - 316 pages
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The Cambridge Companion to Milton

Dennis Danielson - 1999 - 320 pages
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Chapters into Verse: A Selection of Poetry in English Inspired by the Bible ...

Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 2000 - 514 pages
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A History of the English Bible as Literature

David Norton - 2000 - 526 pages
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Blake and Tradition, Volume 2

Kathleen Raine - 2002 - 390 pages
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The Major Works

John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pages
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Psalm Culture and Early Modern English Literature

Hannibal Hamlin - 2004 - 310 pages
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Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction

James A. Arieti - 2005 - 420 pages
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Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction

James A. Arieti - 2005 - 420 pages
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