The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (211 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary Collections, #Poetry, #Classics, #English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, #English poetry
6805
her son was Ishmael, whose son was Nebaioth: see Genesis 25:12–13
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6808
thereafter as = according to how
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6810
offer, present
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6811
vigor, energy, capacity
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6812
see Daniel 1:8–16
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6813
hesitate, be reluctant
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6815
supplied, furnished
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6816
taste, quality
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6817
framed (contained)
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6818
ambergris, at one time used in cooking
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6819
small freshwater stream
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6822
the Black Sea
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6823
near Naples
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6826
deflected, turned aside
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6827
splendid, magnificent
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6828
tablelike board
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6829
spread abroad, poured out
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6831
Trojan youth taken by Zeus as his cupbearer
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6832
handsome prince carried off by Hercules
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6833
now…now = first this, then that
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6835
stood as if they were
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6836
horn of plenty (
corum copiae
): Amalthea was the all-bountiful goat that suckled infant Zeus
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6837
daughters of Night and guardians of the tree that bore golden apples
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6838
told, related
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6839
middle region of Britain: see Chrétien de Troyes,
Lancelot
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6840
mythical region west of Cornwall, in Britain
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6841
knights of King Arthur’s court
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6842
concordant, harmonizing
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6843
a gentle wind, but not so soft as a breeze
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6844
goddess of flowers
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6845
hesitates, fears [verb]
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6846
act of prohibition
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6847
prohibits (under Jewish law)
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6848
food, sustenance, victuals
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6849
courteous, excellent, noble
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6850
attendants, servants
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6851
moderately, restrainedly
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6852
push forward
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6853
careful attention
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6854
splendid, pretentious
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6855
[four syllables, first and third accented]
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6856
scorn, disdain
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6858
dissatisfied
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6860
appropriately
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6862
fetched-from-afar
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6863
completely, entirely
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6864
troublesome, persistent
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6865
(1) temperament, (2) moderation
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6867
poor circumstances
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6868
draw, obtain
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6869
suite, train, company of servants
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6871
foolish, stupid, giddy
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6873
ruler of Judea, 63–43
B.C.
, and Herod’s father [four syllables, second and fourth accented?]
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6874
Semitic tribe located south of the Dead Sea; traditionally, descendants of Esau, son of Isaac and elder twin of Jacob
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6875
heap up [verb]
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6876
exceedingly
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6877
virtue, valor, wisdom
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6878
once gained
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6879
virtue, valor, wisdom
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6880
see Judges 6–8
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6881
see Judges 11–12
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6883
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, legendary hero, called from farming in 458
B.C
. and, for urgent military reasons, made dictator; sixteen days later, having won the war, he resigned as dictator and went back to his farm
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6884
Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, consul in the early third century
B
.
C
., who refused all bribes, gifts, and favors; after his death, since he left nothing for his daughter’s dowry, it was provided by the Senate
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6885
Manius Curius Dentatus, also early third century
B
.
C
., was a successful general who gave all booty to the Roman republic and then, like Cincinnatus, retired to his farm
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6886
Marcus Atilius Regulus, captured in the First Punic War (with Carthage) was paroled on condition he present Carthage’s demands to Rome and then return; he advised rejection of Carthage’s terms, then returned as he had agreed, and was tortured to death: see Horace,
Odes
3:5
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6887
lacking, missing
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6888
snare, trap
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6891
anything that
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6893
“yet not for that reason is”
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6896
shows, remains
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6897
governs, controls
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6898
[adjective, accent on first syllable]
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6899
protecting, guarding
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6901
i.e., to give up a kingdom
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6902
high-souled, nobly valiant
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6903
receive, lay claim to: i.e., nobler to give or refuse than to take a kingdom
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6904
to be without, omitted
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6905
confused, perplexed
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6906
(1) proven wrong, (2) futile
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6907
(1) convicted, (2) vanquished, overcome
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6908
flawed, unsound
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6910
summoning up, regaining control of
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6912
ask advice/counsel of
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6913
see Leviticus 8:8: sacred means of divination attached to (not necessarily set into) the high priest’s breastplate, though exactly what the Urim and Thummim were (both words = grammatically plural) is not known
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6914
[bisyllabic]
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6915
special preparation/readiness
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6916
stand firm, hold out
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6917
i.e., though there are many fighting “against thy few in arms”
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6919
upright, uplifted, exalted
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6920
having been brought to the temperament/state of mind
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6921
Alexander the Great
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6922
kingdom of Persia, founded by Cyrus and overthrown by Alexander at Arbela in 331
B
.
C
.
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6923
in Spain, when Scipio was probably less than thirty years old
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6924
Mithradates—though by then (66
B
.
C
.) Pompey had reached the age of forty
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6925
Julius Caesar
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6927
splendid display
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6931
separately, individually
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6934
Alexander the Great was so identified
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6935
Romulus was so identified
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6936
reveal, show
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