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The Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton

by John Milton

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Milton’s Autobiography Made Up of All the More Important Autobiogra…
  5. 5From the Preface to ‘A Defence of the English People’
  6. 6To Charles Diodati, Milton’s Schoolfellow at St. Paul’s School, and…
  7. 7To Alexander Gill, Jr. (Familiar Letters, No. III.)
  8. 8To Thomas Young. (Familiar Letters, No. IV.)
  9. 9To Charles Diodati
  10. 10Prolusiones Quædam Oratoriæ
  11. 11To Alexander Gill, Jr. (Familiar Letters, No. V.)
  12. 12To Charles Diodati. (Familiar Letters, No. VI.)
  13. 13To Charles Diodati. (Familiar Letters, No. VII.)
  14. 14To Benedetto Bonmattei of Florence. (Familiar Letters, No. VIII.)
  15. 15Mansus
  16. 16From the ‘Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Prin…
  17. 17To Lucas Holstenius in the Vatican at Rome. (Familiar Letters, No.…
  18. 18Epitaphium Damonis
  19. 19From ‘Of Reformation in England’
  20. 20From ‘Animadversions Upon the Remonstrant’s Defence,’ etc.
  21. 21From ‘The Reason of Church Government Urged Against Prelaty’
  22. 22From ‘Apology for Smectymnuus’
  23. 23To Carlo Dati, Nobleman of Florence. (Familiar Letters, No. X.)
  24. 24On His Blindness
  25. 25To Henry Oldenburg, Agent for the City of Bremen in Lower Saxony Wi…
  26. 26To Leonard Philaras, Athenian. (Familiar Letters, No. XV.)
  27. 27To Cyriac Skinner
  28. 28On His Deceased Wife
  29. 29To the Most Accomplished Emeric Bigot. (Familiar Letters, No. XXI.)
  30. 30To Henry Oldenburg. (Familiar Letters, No. XXIX.)
  31. 31From ‘Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelin…
  32. 32Autobiographic Passages in the ‘Paradise Lost’
  33. 33To the Very Distinguished Peter Heimbach, Councillor to the Elector…
  34. 34From ‘The Reason of Church Government Urged Against Prelaty.’ Chap. I.
  35. 35Peroration of ‘The Second Defence of the People of England’
  36. 36On the Detraction Which Followed Upon My Writing Certain Treatises
  37. 37Comus
  38. 38To Mr. H. Lawes, on His Airs (1646)
  39. 39The Persons
  40. 40Lycidas
  41. 41Samson Agonistes
  42. 42Of That Sort of Dramatic Poem Which Is Called Tragedy
  43. 43The Argument
  44. 44The Persons — Samson Agonistes
  45. 45A Defence of the People of England
  46. 46The Second Defence of the People of England
  47. 47To Charles Diodati
  48. 48To Alexander Gill, Jr. (Familiar Letters, No. III.)
  49. 49To Thomas Young. (Familiar Letters, No. IV.)
  50. 50To Charles Diodati, Making a Stay in the Country
  51. 51Ad Patrem
  52. 52An English Letter to a Friend
  53. 53To Alexander Gill, Jr. (Familiar Letters, No. V.) — To Charles Diod…
  54. 54To Benedetto Bonmattei of Florence. (Familiar Letters, No. VIII.)
  55. 55Mansus
  56. 56Areopagitica
  57. 57To Lucas Holstenius. (Familiar Letters, No. IX.)
  58. 58Epitaphium Damonis
  59. 59Of Reformation in England
  60. 60Animadversions Upon the Remonstrant’s Defence, etc. — The Reason of…
  61. 61To Carlo Dati. (Familiar Letters, No. X.) — On His Blindness
  62. 62To Leonard Philaras. (Familiar Letters, No. XII.) — To Henry Oldenb…
  63. 63To Leonard Philaras. (Familiar Letters, No. XV.)
  64. 64To Cyriac Skinner
  65. 65On His Deceased Wife
  66. 66To Emeric Bigot. (Familiar Letters, No. XXI.)
  67. 67Autobiographic Passages in the Paradise Lost
  68. 68Letter to Peter Heimbach. (Familiar Letters, No. XXXI.)
  69. 69Passages in Which Milton’s Idea of True Liberty Is Set Forth
  70. 70Comus
  71. 71Lycidas
  72. 72Samson Agonistes

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