The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (179 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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1947
result, outcome
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1948
horrible, disgusting
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1949
[adjective]
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1950
harass, oppress
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1951
slaves, serfs
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1952
kindle, inflame
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1953
essence, being
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1954
proclaimed, threatened
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1955
as God had dropped manna to the Israelites, in the desert, when they fled from Egypt
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1956
complicate, confuse
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1957
frustrate, destroy
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1958
(1) companions, (2) high lords
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1959
prognostication
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1961
feats, deeds, actions
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1962
being brought to an end, death
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1963
goal, purpose
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1965
dark, secret
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1966
“if we could”
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1967
overthrow, defeat
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1969
distinctive nature/shape
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1971
low, inferior, degraded
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1972
absolute, lifeless, spiritless
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1973
employ, exercise
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1974
undo, release
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1975
(1) intelligent existence, (2) superior intelligent existence
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1976
possibly, probably
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1979
in full force of numbers
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1980
interrupted
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1981
overhanging, near
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1982
afflicting, shaking
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1983
without reprieve/delay
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1984
struggling, fighting
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1986
occur, come to pass, result
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1987
dishonor, disgrace
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1988
sentence, judgment, destiny
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1989
discharge, withdraw, cancel
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1991
remember, notice
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1992
unwholesome
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1993
habituated, accustomed
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1995
announce, proclaim
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1996
submission, obedience, homage
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1999
unfavorable
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2000
showing, displaying, exhibiting
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2003
component parts
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2004
perception, awareness, feeling [noun]
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2005
arrange, adjust
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2006
exhausted after watching all night
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2007
sailing vessel (usually small)
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2008
small boat, schooner-rigged, often with two masts
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2009
opinion, judgment
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2010
battlefield
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2012
create, begin the building of
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2014
statecraft, stratagem
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2015
course, lapse
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2016
ambitious rivalry
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2017
opposed, hostile
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2019
the Titan Atlas, on whose shoulders the entire world rested
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2020
(1) the state of hearing, (2) reception
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2021
pronounced, judged
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2022
[five syllables, second and fourth accented]
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2023
chain or strap fastened to the bit of a horse, in order to restrain it
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2024
kept, stored
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2025
golden scepter
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2026
settled, fixed, resolved
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2027
overthrown, defeated, repulsed
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2028
conferred, granted, allowed, permitted
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2029
whip-strokes/lashes
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2030
exchange, give back
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2031
resistance, opposition
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2032
harvest, gain from
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2033
opportunity
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2035
speed, promptness
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2036
bold/daring task
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2037
report, talk
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2038
[four syllables, second and fourth accented]
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2041
(1) judge, (2) sole and absolute ruler
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2042
the world of man
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2043
attack, assault
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2044
ruin, destroy
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2045
direct (like cattle)
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2046
(1) inexperienced, (2) undersized
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2047
i.e., the first man, Adam
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2048
overthrow, defeat
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2049
Adam and Eve combined, metaphorically the root of all mankind
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2050
high-ranking powers, beings of rank/status/importance
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2052
suitable, timely
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2054
precious, lustrous
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2056
touchable, tangible, perceptible
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2060
(metaphorical)
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2061
sentries [Milton’s spelling = prosodically necessary]
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2062
vote, collective decision
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2063
cautious, doubtful, uncertain
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2064
stunned, paralyzed
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2065
worthy, select
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2066
first in rank/degree
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2068
calm, collected
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2069
descendants
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2072
the high vault of hell
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2073
excessive, cruel
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2074
walls in, surrounds, imprisons
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2075
material of impregnable hardness
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2078
emptiness, vacuum
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2081
miscarrying, bringing to nothing
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2082
great depth, abyss
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2083
weight, importance
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2084
sovereignty, pomp
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2085
consider assiduously, apply oneself to thinking about
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2086
[four syllables, first and third accented]
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2088
incantation, spell
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2089
relieve, delay, suspend
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2090
reduce/diminish
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2091
wretched, difficult, troublesome
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2094
border (-lands)
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2095
participate in, share
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2097
restored, roused, stirred up, animated, stimulated
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