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divorce4
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freedom of the press1
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Milton, John (1608-1674)16
Milton, John8
Dalton, John (1709-1763)4
Dalton, John2
Milton, John, 1608-16742
Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778)1
Bell, John1
Bell, John (1745-1831)1
Bucer, Martin (1491-1551)1
Callcott, William H1

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Le paradis terrestre : poëme imité de Milton

Du Boccage, Marie Anne Fiquet (1710-1802); Milton, John (1608-1674)

1755

False imprint: printed on the continent. Cf. ESTC (RLIN). "Poëme qui a remporté le prix de l'Academie de Rouen, distribué, pour le premiére fois, le 12 juillet 1746": p. [115]-122.

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"Welcome joy and feast" : a comical glee

Farmer, Henry (1819-1891); Milton, John (1608-1674)

[1845?]

At foot of title-page: "This glee gained the first prize given by the Nottingham Anacreontic Society on the 11th. Feby. 1845".

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The music in Milton's masque of Comus

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778); Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Milton, John (1608-1674); Callcott, William H (1807-1882)

[ca. 1850?]

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Areopagitica : a speech by Mr. John Milton for the liberty of vnlicenc'd printing, to the Parliament of England

Milton, John (1608-1674)

Printed in the Yeare, 1644

First edition, 2d state. Cf. Complete prose works of John Milton, 1953, v. 2, p. 480-483. In this copy, p. 1, line 5 is without oblique mark and p. 5, line 29 has "unboekish" corrected to "unbookish...

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The doctrine and discipline of divorce : restor'd to the good of both sexes, from the bondage of canon law, and other mistakes, to Christian freedom, guided by the rule of charity. Wherein also many places of scripture, have now recover'd their long-lost meaning. Seasonable to be now thought on in the reformation intended

Milton, John (1608-1674)

1643

Title within ornamental border. First edition. According to Shawcross, the printers are Thomas Payne and Matthew Simmons, and the work dated late July or August. Anon., by John Milton.

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The Ivdgement of Martin Bucer concerning divorce : written to Edward the sixt, in his second book of the Kingdom of Christ, and now Englisht : wherein a late book restoring the doctrine and discipline of divorce is heer confirm'd and justify'd by the authoritie of Martin Bucer to the Parlament of England

Bucer, Martin (1491-1551); Milton, John (1608-1674)

1644

The 1st anonymous edition of the "late book" mentioned in the title, Milton's Doctrine and discipline of divorce, was published in 1643, the second edition in 1644. "To the Parlament," 5th-8th preli...

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Colasterion: a reply to a nameles ansvver against The doctrine and discipline of divorce : Wherein the trivial author of that answer is discover'd, the licencer conferr'd with, and the opinion which they traduce defended

Milton, John (1608-1674)

Printed in the year, 1645

A castigation of Joseph Caryl, William Prynne and the anonymous author. Cf. Dict. nat. biog. First edition. According to Shawcross, the printer is Matthew Simmons, and dated March 4.

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Comus : a masque, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Dalton, John (1709-1763); Milton, John (1608-1674)

1777

Passages omitted on stage indicated by inverted comma at beginning of each line. Two columns to a page.

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