The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (180 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary Collections, #Poetry, #Classics, #English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, #English poetry
2099
profoundly respectful
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2100
plausible but false [by
A.D
. 1651 the modern meaning]
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2101
incites, sets in motion
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2102
secret, hidden
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2103
somber, wicked
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2104
frowning, sullen
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2105
atmospheric agency (the weather)
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2106
spreads out, stretches forth
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2107
bear witness to
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2108
settled, secure, steadfast, unwavering
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2109
harmony, agreement, peace
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2111
possessed of, protected by
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2112
undertake, impose
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2113
reconciliation, agreement
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2115
infernal, hellish
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2117
having a spherical form (or, in this case, a spherical arrangement/order)
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2118
heraldic devices
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2120
pronounce, announce
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2121
kingly, magnificent
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2122
resonant, sonorous
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2123
trumpet made of a composite brass-based metal, shining like gold
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2124
sent back, reflected
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2125
drawn up in ranks
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2126
anxious, in doubt, troubled
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2128
compete, strive earnestly
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2129
i.e., the games held at Olympia, in Elis
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2130
second most important site of Greek games, held at Pythia, in Delphi, and in honor of Apollo
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2131
practice checking/managing/controlling
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2133
column making a turn, in a chariot race
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2136
spur/urge forward their horses
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2137
lower (into fighting position)
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2139
come together, grapple
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2141
Typhon/Typhoeus, a hundred-serpent-headed giant with a great voice, who fought against and was killed by Jove as soon as he was born
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2142
fierce, savage, cruel, terrible
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2145
a kingdom on the large Greek island of Euboea, ruled by Eurytus, whose daughter, Iolé, was beloved by Hercules; Hercules was married and neither the girl’s father nor Hercules’ wife was pleased
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2146
sent to him by his wife, Deianeira, who believed (erroneously) it would win her back his love
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2147
Thessaly, in NE Greece
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2148
the innocent messenger who had brought him the poisoned robe
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2149
mountain in south Thessaly
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2150
the southern Aegean
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2151
withdrawn, retired [adjective]
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2155
they complained that, at Fate’s hands, free virtue was put in bondage to force or chance
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2156
prejudiced, biased
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2157
riveted the attention of
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2159
communication of thought by speech
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2160
“eloquence charms the soul, but….
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2162
unyielding, hardened in evil, insensible to moral influence
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2163
dense, compact
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2164
confident, daring
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2165
reconnoiter
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2166
extensively [adverb]
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2167
swift, rapid
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2168
full of active evil
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2170
[trisyllabic, second accented]
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2173
[trisyllabic, first—with “ph” pronounced as “f”—and third accented]
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2174
swift-flowing [adjective]
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2176
with rage = violently
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2177
[bisyllabic, first accented]
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2178
like error, the river follows “a devious or wandering course” labyrinth = a maze
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2182
large structure, building
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2185
Egyptian lake, bordered by quicksand
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2186
Damietta/Tamiathis: city at the mouth of the Nile
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2187
mountain range bordering on Egypt
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2188
to dry/shrivel/wither with cold
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2189
intensely cold, frostlike
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2190
brings about, works, achieves
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2192
turnings of celestial bodies, times
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2193
i.e., going from
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2194
wither, perish
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2195
suffer, languish
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2196
for periods
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2197
resists, stands in the way, opposes
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2198
one of three Gorgons; there are writhing serpents all over her head; those who look at her are turned to stone
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2200
creature, living being
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2201
condemned to remain in a pool filled with water that moves away whenever he attempts to drink
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2202
[first syllable accented]
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2203
[four syllables, first and third accented]
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2204
for evil only good = good only for evil
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2205
abnormal, unnatural
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2206
pretended, invented
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2207
see line 611, above
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2208
many-headed serpent; the heads immediately grow back if cut off
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2209
fire-breathing monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail
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2210
purpose, intention
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2211
brings to bear (as one “puts on” speed)
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2213
moves rapidly along
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2214
comes exceedingly close
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2215
vault of hell
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2216
caught sight of
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2217
by means of
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2219
i.e., close to the wind, with sail tacks hauled close
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2221
Ternate and Tidore = Moluccan (spice) islands
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2222
winds that blow steadily in one direction are “trade winds”—i.e., useful for trading vessels
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2223
moving water, “tide” (metaphorical)
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2224
Indian Ocean, near northeastern Africa
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2225
Cape of Good Hope, at the southern tip of Africa
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2226
steer, direct their course
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2227
making headway
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2228
the South Pole
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2229
hell’s boundaries
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2230
leaves of a folding door, gates
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2234
outburst of sound
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2237
grieved, distressed, agitated
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2238
six-headed monster, each head having triple rows of teeth
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