353 ordspråk av John Milton
John Milton
John Milton föddes den
December 9th 1608 och dog den 8 November
1674 - Ranks second, only to Shakespeare, among English poets.
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Pandemonium, the high capital / Of Satan and his peers.
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Peace has her victories which are no less renowned than war.
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Peace hath her victories, No less renowned than war
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Praising the lean and sallow abstinence.
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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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Ran on embattled armies clad in iron, / And weaponless himself, / Made arms ridiculous.
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Rather than be less / Cared not to be at all.
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Reason also is choice.
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Restless thoughts, like a deadly swarm of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, but rush upon me thronging.
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Revenge, at first though sweet, bitter, ere long, back on itself recoils
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Rhetoric . . . To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less subtle and fine, but more simple, sensuous and passionate.
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Right against the eastern gate, / Where the great sun begins his state.
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Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.
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Sabrina fair, / Listen where thou art sitting/ Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, / In twisted braids of lilies knitting / The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.
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