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...what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) 325 Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep verst in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...sponge ; As children gathering pebbles on the shore. 330 Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native...

...what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) 325 Uncertain and unsettl'd still remains, Deep verst in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a spunge; As Childern gathering pibles on the shore. 330 Or if I would delight my privat hours With Music...

...(And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Or, if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language...

...He who reads Incessantly, and to bis reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, • Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep- versed in books, and shallow in himself. Mindful of that danger, Milton, even when he could read for himself, was careful not to read merely...

...brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed...sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore, With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language can I find That solace? All our law...

...criticism: Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed...books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate. (l) To 'enjoy' a book, to relish its quality, confers no right to criticise it: not that alone. The...

...(And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a spunge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore. (Milton 1990: 495-6) To what extent this rejection...

...(And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettl'd still remains, Deep verst in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate,...sponge; As Children gathering pebbles on the shore. (4.321-30) Milton did not make this opinion up; nor, I think, was it dictated by a rush of religious...

...brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed...sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language...