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Comus, a Mask: (now Adapted to the Stage) as Alter'd From Milton's Mask at Ludlow-Castle, Which was Never Represented but on Michaelmas-Day, 1634; ... ... by Mr. Henry Lawes, ... The Second Edition

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British Library

T031073

Altered by John Dalton.- With a half-title.

printed by J. Hughs, for R. Dodsley, 1738. 61, [3]p.; 8°

66 pages, Hardcover

Published April 22, 2018

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John Milton

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People best know John Milton, English scholar, for Paradise Lost , the epic poem of 1667 and an account of fall of humanity from grace.

Beelzebub, one fallen angel in Paradise Lost, of John Milton, lay in power next to Satan.

Belial, one fallen angel, rebelled against God in Paradise Lost of John Milton.


John Milton, polemicist, man of letters, served the civil Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote in blank verse at a time of religious flux and political upheaval.

Prose of John Milton reflects deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. He wrote in Latin, Greek, and Italian and achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644) in condemnation of censorship before publication among most influential and impassioned defenses of free speech and the press of history.

William Hayley in biography of 1796 called and generally regarded John Milton, the "greatest ... author," "as one of the preeminent writers in the ... language," though since his death, critical reception oscillated often on his republicanism in the centuries. Samuel Johnson praised, "with respect to design may claim the first place, and with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the ... mind," though he, a Tory and recipient of royal patronage, described politics of Milton, an "acrimonious and surly republican."

Because of his republicanism, centuries of British partisanship subjected John Milton.

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October 13, 2024
i don't give ratings but i'm giving Comus 5 stars cause this is the best mask i've ever read i freaking loved it!!!!! fuck the low ratings comus if you have a million fans i'm there. if you have one fan it's me. what hath night to do with sleep!
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September 12, 2023
That shit sucked ass. Actually frothing at the bit for Paradise Lost 😛😛.
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