The Milton Epoch (Classic Reprint)

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Milton - john milton was born in Bread Street, a narrow thoroughfare which crosses Cheapside almost under the shadow of St. Paul's. It is close to the famous Mermaid Tavern, and Milton as a boy must have seen its doors Open to admit the happy, nimble witted Shakespeare, with that erudite giant his friend Ben Jonson. John Milton was born in the year 1608, the third child of a prosperous and religious scrivener, who very soon perceived the talents of his son and spared no pains to improve them. He was taught at St. Paul's School, and his tutor at home was Thomas Young, for whom he conceived a life-long admiration. From St. Paul's he went, at the age Of sixteen, to Christ's College, Cambridge, already an aecom plished scholar who wrote Latin almost as a native language, a boy of such purity and personal beauty that he was nick named The Lady of Christ's. Seven years he spent in study on the banks of Camus, reverend sir'e. At this time he was intended for the Church. My father, he says.

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