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"Mineral"
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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Religion of Author:
"Independent"
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Literary Period:
"Seventeenth Century"
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"Restoration"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Genre:
"Poetry"
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Politics of Author:
"Radical or Classical Republicanism"
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Date: 1667; 2nd ed. in 1674
"Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood / Praying; for from the mercy-seat above / Prevenient grace descending had removed / The stony from their hearts, and made new flesh / Regenerate grow instead."
preview | full record— Milton, John (1608-1674)
Date: 1667; 2nd ed. in 1674
"Him there they found / Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, / Assaying by his devilish art to reach / The organs of her fancy, and with them forge / Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams."
preview | full record— Milton, John (1608-1674)