The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (203 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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5598
receive, permit
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5600
procreated, generated
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5602
settled, determined
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5603
this day = today
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5604
live too long
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5605
deprived of sensation, unconscious
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5606
confident, safe, free from fear/anxiety
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5607
completely, entirely
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5608
corporeal clod = earthen body
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5609
relieve, calm
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5610
fated, destined
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5611
considered, thought
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5612
fact, proof
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5614
all causes else = all other causes
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5615
absorption, taking in
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5616
i.e., causes act according to the capacity of what they
work upon
; what the
cause
of something may be capable of is, in this sense, irrelevant
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5617
depriving, taking away
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5620
turning/spinning motion
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5621
immaterial (spiritual) rather than material (bodily)
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5623
use up, consume
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5625
along with me, just as I do/have
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5626
of necessity
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5629
himself, Adam
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5633
sentence, judgment
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5636
noxious exhalations/vapors
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5638
exhibited, showed
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5639
already announced/proclaimed
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5640
[four syllables, first and third accented: ACCepTABle]
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5642
not long ago
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5643
ring out, reëcho
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5647
as Satan is
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5649
held, as if a mask or screen, in front of her, to conceal the “hellish falsehood” behind it
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5653
vagrant, wanton, uncertain
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5654
thinking arrogantly/presumptuously
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5655
overpower, outdo, get the better of
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5656
imagined by me
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5657
not understood by me
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5658
(1) the left side, (2) darkly suspicious/dishonest/corrupt
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5659
withdrawn, taken
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5660
unnecessary, superfluous [five syllables, first, third, and fifth accented]
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5661
i.e., his correct/right/true number is one (only himself), not two (with her—superfluously—added)
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5664
been befallen = happened, occurred
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5665
strait conjunction = narrow connection (“conjunction” carrying heavy sexual overtones)
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5666
proper, suitable
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5668
obstinacy, contrariness, wickedness
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5669
a far worse = a far worse man than himself
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5671
(1) fierce, cruel, (2) clever
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5672
antagonist, enemy
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5674
thus, thereby
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5675
begged earnestly for
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5676
amity, end of hostilities
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5677
renounce, abandon
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5678
unknowingly
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5680
whereon I live = of that upon which I live
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5681
mild, generous, courteous
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5682
extreme, greatest
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5684
forsaken, abandoned
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5686
exist, live
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5687
definite, fixed, exact
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5688
fall, descend
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5689
abject, humble
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5690
(1) condition, state, (2) pledge, undertaking
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5691
(1) stationary, fixed, (2) unalterable, not subject to change
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5692
lamented, deeply regretted
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5694
compassion, pity, sorrow
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5697
moral weakness, instability of mind
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5700
imperiled, made subject/open to danger (since he allowed her to go to her labor alone that day)
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5702
services, duties, attentions
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5704
apprehend, understand
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5705
transmitted
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5706
just event = equitable/impartial/rightful result/outcome
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5707
defrauded, beguiled of
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5708
(1) proper, (2) necessary, (3) owed
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5709
to be depressed/sick/weak
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5710
person, body: Eve herself
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5711
short work (of it)
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5712
function, service
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5713
intense, passionate, excited
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5714
maintained, experienced
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5715
moved, ruled, diverted (turned)
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5716
more attentive = steadier
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5718
sentence, judgment
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5719
willful disobedience, perversity
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5720
smash, destroy, break
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5721
resolved/decided on
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5723
(1) concerns [verb], (2) pleases [verb]
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5724
bitterness, spitefulness
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5727
disintegration, decomposition
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5729
struck and glided, passed quickly
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5730
(1) well-timed, (2) early
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5731
harsh, pitiless
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5732
unstable, changeable
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5733
dwelling, cover
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5734
of/belonging to the day
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5737
rouse, excite
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5738
rub, harass
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5739
by friction
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5741
pushing, shoving, knocking against
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5742
violent, harsh
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