The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems
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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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6379 Christ
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6380 remedy
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6381 Satan’s
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6382 lack
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6383 satisfied, repaid
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6384 Christ
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6385 shameful
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6386 credited (to them)
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6387 though their merits are based on
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6388 lawful
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6389 actions, deeds
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6390 reviled
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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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6401 always
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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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6404 Christ
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6405 (1) celebrating, (2) being victorious
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6406 Satan’s
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6407 in Hell
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6408 defeated, overthrown, brought to nought
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6409 those with distinguished reputations
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6410 the living
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6411 finish, final stage
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6412 filled with, full of
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6413 from
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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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6419 destroy
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6420 endured, sustained, maintained
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6421 endow, invest, supply
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6422 languages
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6423 place
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6424 profit, gain
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6425 except
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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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6433 fulfilled
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6434 withdraw
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6435 respite
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6436 at last, finally
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6437 flaming, burning
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6438 duration
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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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6441 traversed
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6442 course, movement
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6443 (1) through all, (2) even more than
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6444 always
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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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6449 vision
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6450 strictly defined/expressed
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6451 demands, requires, insists on
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6452 look at
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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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6455 actively
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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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6460 share
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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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6465 granted
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6466 brilliant, flashing, swift [four syllables, first and third accented]
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6467 marsh
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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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6471 like
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6472 scorched
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6473 scorch
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6474 (of Eden)
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6475 moderate
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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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6480 tested
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6481 hermit
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6482 accustomed to, in the habit of
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6483 ready
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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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6486 beyond
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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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6490 considered
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6491 unnoticed
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6492 discovered
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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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6494 Christ
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6495 Satan
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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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6499 filled
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6500 residence, dwelling, citadel
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6501 of the highest rank (not“equals”)
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6502 wreathed
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6503 council
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6504 frightened
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6505 serious, morose
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6506 as are counted
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6507 world, earth
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6508 easily led
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6509 awaiting
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6510 in Milton’s time, “shall” still carried the sense of “will have to, must”
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6511 attained, accomplished
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6512 endure, undergo
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6513 “bruised”
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6514 shattered, broken
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6515 as a forerunner
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6516 claims, aspires
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6517 Christ
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6518 is He
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6519 holds
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6520 Satan does not yet identify this Son of God with Christ
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6521 features, characteristics
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6522 peril
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6523 allows, permits
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6524 well put together/hidden
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6525 position of leadership/chief importance
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6526 somber, malign
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6527 warlike enterprise
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6528 convey, carry
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6529 no time was then = at that moment there was no time
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6530 absolute ruler
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6531 prospered, been successful
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6532 smooth
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6533 equipped
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6534 corrupt, undermine
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6535 he whom
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6536 Satan’s
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6537 contrary unweeting = not knowing to the contrary
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6538 assembly
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6539 occupied, familiar with [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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6540 she doubting
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6541 cover
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6542 exhibit, set forth
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6543 try, attempt
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6544 to be less arrogant/prideful
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6545 Satan’s
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6546 than Job
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6547 trickery, deceit
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6548 employ
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6549 Christ
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6550 beginnings
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6551 [four syllables, first and third accented, third elided]
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6552 patient/long-suffering endurance
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6553 body, bulk
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6554 so that
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6555 marveling
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6556 rhythms
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6557 theme, subject
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6558 combat
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6559 lead astray
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6560 hymns
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6561 prayers
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6562 sang
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6563 Bet ha-Arabah, biblical site near the north shore of the Dead Sea [four syllables, second and fourth accented]
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6564 proclaim, make public
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6565 ripe, full-grown
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6566 keep company/live with
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6567 the paths
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6568 consorting, fitting, harmonizing
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6569 Christ too seems unsure of his prior existence
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6570 the Jews’
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6571 wondered at
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6572 time, period
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6573 extinguish, destroy
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6574 justice
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6575 divine, celestial
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6576 privately
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6577 above example = unprecedented
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6578 sheep pens
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6579 feeding trough in a stable
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6580 place
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6581 the star’s
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6582 formed, carved, set
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6583 see Luke 2:25–35
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6584 see Luke 2:36–38
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6585 similar
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6586 considered, studied, meditated upon
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6587 learning experience, endeavor, affliction, temptation
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6588 established previously
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6589 forerunner
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6590 not easily, with difficulty, barely
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6591 prevailed upon
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6592 pouring, washing
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6593 highest point
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6594 complete
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6595 hidden, retired, unknown
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6596 dark, gloomy
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6597 (1) shadows, (2) dark figures, ghosts, specter
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6598 commend, advise
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6599 the best
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6600 soon, in a little while
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6601 covering, shelter
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6602 keep, protect
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6603 lodged, sheltered
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6604 he neither
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6605 tame, gentle
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6606 hurtful, harmful
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6607 looked fixedly/fiercely
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6608 at a distance
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6609 Christ
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6610 alone
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6611 consumed, exhausted
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6612 for that = because
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6613 desert, wilderness
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6614 forced, compelled
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6615 public report, rumor
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6616 rustic
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6617 stubble, stumps
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6618 doubt
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6619 strict discipline, harshness
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6620 not permissive
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6621 dismal
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6622 travel around
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6623 roam
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6624 recourse
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6625 of Uz, in eastern Palestine
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6626 test
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6627 make clear [trisyllabic, second accented]
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6628 king of Israel, who meets his death after a weltering confusion of prophecies: see I Kings 22
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6629 Ramoth-Gilead, fortified position east of Jordan
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6630 hesitating, balking
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6631 Ahab’s
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6632 caused to chatter
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6633 had in charge = was supposed to do
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6634 [trisyllabic, accent on second]
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6635 [bisyllabic, second elided]
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6636 “What can I feel less than desire….? (reading “less” as an adverb) or “How could anything make me do less than desire….? (reading “less” not as an adverb but as a verb, said by the O.E.D. to have become obsolete when Milton was twenty-five years old)
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6637 attentively
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6638 i.e., copartner if not “disposer” (one who controls)
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6639 predictions, omens
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6640 shares
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6641 grief
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6642 private, individual
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6643 united with me
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6644 constituted
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6645 [four syllables, first and third accented?]
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6646 slave
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6647 stared at