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John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He is known for the works: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Lycidas, L'Allegro, and Il Penseroso.


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Quote Left 'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity. She that has that is clad in complete steel, and like a quivered nymph with arrows keen may trace huge forests and unharbored heaths, infamous hills and sandy perilous wilds, where through the sacred rays of chastity, no savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer will dare to soil her virgin purity. Quote Right
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Quote Left Celestial Cupid her fam'd son advanc't, Holds his dear Psyche sweet intranc't... Quote Right
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Quote Left What call thou solitude? Is not the earth with various living creatures, and the air replenished, and all these at thy command to come and play before thee? Quote Right
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Quote Left ...A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. Quote Right
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Quote Left No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free. Quote Right
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