1671

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Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do
What then thou would'st.

John Milton

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Topic

Words vs. actions

Speaker

Samson

Author

John Milton

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 1104.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 1104.

The childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Personality Personal growth

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 4, I. 220.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, I. 220.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end;
Not wedlock-treachery.

John Milton

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Topic

Conflict resolution Relationship challenges

Speaker

Samson

Author

John Milton

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 1008.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 1008.

The first and wisest of them all professed
To know this only, that he nothing knew.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Intellectual humility Wisdom Ignorance

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 4, I. 293.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, I. 293.

Ah, it's a lovely thing, to know a thing or two.

Molière

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Topic

Knowledge

Speaker

Monsieur Jourdain

Author

Molière

Source

The Middle Class Gentleman

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Moliere. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme [The Bourgeois Gentleman]. 14 Oct. 1670, The Court of Louis XIV, Château of Chambord, Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, act 2, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Moliere. "The Bourgeois Gentleman." Tartuffe and The Bourgeois Gentleman. Dover Publications, 1998, act 2, sc. 4.

Just are the ways of God,
And justifiable to men;
Unless there be who think not God at all.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Problem of evil

Author

John Milton

Source

Samson Agonistes Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 293.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Complete Shorter Poems, edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon. Modern Library, 2012, I. 293.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts
And Eloquence.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Athens

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 4, I. 240.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, I. 240.

Most men admire
Virtue who follow not her lore.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Virtue

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 1, I. 482.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, I. 482.

Apt words have power to suage
The tumours of a troubled mind.

John Milton

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Topic

Comforting words

Speaker

The Chorus

Author

John Milton

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 184.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 184.

Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power,
After offence returning, to regain
Love once possessed.

John Milton

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Topic

Power of beauty Beauty

Author

John Milton

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 1003.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, l. 1003.