The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (208 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary Collections, #Poetry, #Classics, #English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, #English poetry
6359
made ready, so inclined
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6362
condition, degree of prosperity
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6363
watch over, look after
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6366
Antipater (a Roman appointee), father of Herod
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6367
obstructed, hindered, excluded
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6370
in military formation
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6371
overburdened
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6374
capital bruise = injury to his head
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6375
fatal (“capital” also = “fatal, mortal”)
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6376
[bisyllabic]
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6377
having spatial position
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6378
defeat, trample
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6383
satisfied, repaid
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6386
credited (to them)
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6387
though their merits are based on
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6389
actions, deeds
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6391
full payment of a debt
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6392
seize wrongfully
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6393
[adjective]
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6394
profit, good thing, favor, kind deed
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6395
(1) accept, (2) submit to
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6396
crush, smash, break, destroy
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6397
temporary, in merely human time
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6398
their death
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6399
lifting/floating/carrying through the air
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6400
definite, fixed
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6402
his salvation = the saving of the soul which Christ brings to men
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6403
fully flowing
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6405
(1) celebrating, (2) being victorious
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6408
defeated, overthrown, brought to nought
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6409
those with distinguished reputations
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6411
finish, final stage
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6412
filled with, full of
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6414
be brought forth/produced
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6415
induced (in others)
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6416
be plentiful, overflow
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6417
become of, happen to
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6418
the Holy Spirit
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6420
endured, sustained, maintained
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6421
endow, invest, supply
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6424
profit, gain
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6426
the “wolves” of the Roman Catholic Church
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6427
bodily, fleshly, corporeal
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6428
left them enrolled = were (had been) left them in written form (recorded)
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6429
venture, dare
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6430
consider, judge
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6431
fallacious, outwardly respectable
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6432
formalities, ceremonies
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6436
at last, finally
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6437
flaming, burning
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6439
in conclusion
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6440
[bisyllabic? (the etymology being “see” + “er,” and Michael being, by God’s specific direction, here a seer into the future)]
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6442
course, movement
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6443
(1) through all, (2) even more than
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6445
overthrowing
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6446
in conclusion
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6447
suitable, corresponding [adjective]
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6448
highest place, peak
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6450
strictly defined/expressed
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6451
demands, requires, insists on
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6453
at whose front = in front of whom
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6454
the act of departure
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6456
foretelling
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6457
arranged, adjusted, ordered
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6458
humble, submissive
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6459
season fit = appropriate time
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6461
agreed, of one mind
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6462
serious and sustained reflection
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6463
inform, give counsel
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6464
favorable, gracious
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6466
brilliant, flashing, swift [four syllables, first and third accented]
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6468
raised [adjective]
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6469
vehement, intense, merciless
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6470
waves (of heat)
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6476
reluctant, tardy, dawdling
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6477
lying below
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6478
i.e., then the angel (and his troop) disappeared
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6479
some time ago
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6482
accustomed to, in the habit of
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6484
favored, fortunate
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6485
full summed = feathers fully formed/grown, i.e., poetic capacity fully matured
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6487
John the Baptist
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6488
sublimely majestic, commanding reverence
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6489
reverent wonder
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6493
his worthier = (1) Christ being worthier than John, or (2) one who is his (John’s) worthier; the meaning is unchanged either way
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6496
celebrated [adjective]—but does it mean that the assembly is “famed” or that Satan did not want to be (“would not be”) less famed?
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6497
Satan is “nigh thunder-struck” by God’s voice
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6498
Satan “surveys” (looks carefully at, examines) Christ, who is “the exalted man”
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6500
residence, dwelling, citadel
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6501
of the highest rank (
not
“equals”)
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6505
serious, morose
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6506
as are counted
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