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NEW LIGHTS ON MILTON[1]


Political economists in former days puzzled themselves over the attempt to find a constant standard of value. Literary critics may congratulate themselves upon possessing such a standard for their own purposes in Milton's poetry. Many reputations have risen and set, and sometimes risen again, while he has been shining as a fixed star. Dryden recognised his genius in the days of Charles II.; Addison paid him homage on behalf of the wits of Anne's reign; Johnson's

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    2. Poetical Works of John Milton. Edited after the original texts by the Rev. H. C. Beeching. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1900.
    3. Milton's Prosody. By Robert Bridges. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893.
    4. Milton's Poems. Edited by A. Wilson Verity in 'Pitt Press Series.' Cambridge University Press, 1897, etc.
    5. Facsimile of the Manuscript of Milton s Minor Poems preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1899.

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