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O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.

O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.

John Milton (1871). “The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M. Rossetti”, p.174

Demoniac frenzy, moping melancholy.

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 11, l. 485

It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king, and after due conviction to depose and put him to death.

John Milton (1650). “The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: Proving, that it is Lawfull, and Hath Been Held So Through All Ages, for Any, who Have the Power, to Call to Account a Tyrant, Or Wicked King, and After Due Conviction, to Depose, and Put Him to Death; If the Ordinary Magistrate Have Neglected, Or Deny'd to Doe It. And that They, who of Late So Much Blame Deposing, are the Men that Did it Themselves. Published Now the Second Time with Some Additions, and Many Testimonies Also Added Out of the Best & Learnedest Among Protestant Divines Asserting the Position of this Book”, p.24

The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.

John Milton (2012). “John Milton Prose: Major Writings on Liberty, Politics, Religion, and Education”, p.680, John Wiley & Sons

Ere the blabbing eastern scout, The nice morn, on th' Indian steep From her cabin'd loop-hole peep.

John Milton, Thomas Warton (1799). “Comus,: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of Bridgewater, Then President of Wales”, p.53

Execute their airy purposes.

1665 Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.1, l.423-31.

A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him.

John Milton (1872). “Autobiography of John Milton: Or, Milton's Life in His Own Words”, p.78

By night the Glass Of Galileo ... observes Imagin'd Land and Regions in the Moon.

John Milton, Thomas Newton (1757). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.371

Time, though in Eternity, applied To motion, measures all things durable By present, past, and future.

John Milton (1873). “The third (fourth, fifth) book of Milton's Paradise lost: with a prose tr. and notes, by J. Hunter”, p.46

And to the faithful: death, the gate of life.

John Milton, Elijah Fenton, Samuel Johnson (1821). “Paradise lost”, p.381

A death-like sleep, A gentle wafting to immortal life.

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.446

And now without redemption all mankind Must have been lost, adjudged to death and hell By doom severe.

John Milton (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost: Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... with Notes Grammatical, Geographical, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ...”, p.191

Immediate are the acts of God, more swift than time or motion.

John Milton (1826). “Protestant Union: A Treatise of True Religion, Heresy, Schism, Toleration, and what Best Means May be Used Against the Spread of Popery ; to which is Prefixed a Preface on Milton's Religious Principals, and Unimpeachable Sincerity”, p.49