Life of John Milton

by Richard Garnett

• Landor, his Latin verse compared with Milton's, [43]
• Latin grammar by Milton, [188]
• Latin Secretaryship to the Commonwealth, Milton's appointment to, [102]
• Laud, Archbishop, Church government of, [30];
  • Milton's veiled attack on, [49]
• Lawes, Henry, writes music to "Comus" and "Arcades," [44];
  • edits "Comus," [47]
• Lee, Nathaniel, his verses on Milton, [188]
• Lemon, Mr. Robert, discovers MS. of "State Letters" and the "Treatise on Christian Doctrine," [191]
• Letters, Milton's official, [123]
• Logic, Milton's tract on, [188]
• Long Parliament, meeting of the, [68];
  • licensing of books by, [78]
• Lucifer, Vondel's, [170]
• Ludlow Castle, "Comus" first performed at, [46]
• "Lycidas," origin of, [40], [48];
  • analysis of, criticism on, [50], [52]

M.

• Manso, Marquis, poem on, [64]
• Marshall, Milton's portrait engraved by, [97]
• Marriage, Milton's views on, [94]
• Martineau, Harriet, reads "Paradise Lost" at seven years of age, [176]
• Mason, C., Milton's MSS. preserved by, [129]
• Masson, Prof. David, his monumental biography of Milton, [14];
  • on Milton's ancestors, ib.;
  • on Milton's college career, [23], [25];
  • on the scenery of Horton, [35];
  • on date of Divorce pamphlet, [87];
  • on date of "Paradise Lost," [147];
  • on money received for "Paradise Lost," [150];
  • on Milton's cosmogony, [156];
  • his description of Chalfont, [173];
  • on Milton's portrait, [189]
• Milton, Christopher, John Milton's younger brother, birth of, [16];
  • a Royalist, [91];
  • a Roman Catholic, and one of James the Second's judges, [194]
• Milton, John, the elder, birth, [15];
  • a scrivener by profession, ib.;
  • musical compositions of, [18];
  • retirement to Horton, [33];
  • his noble confidence in his son, [37], [45];
  • comes to live with his son, [91];
  • dies, [98]
• Milton, John, birth, [11];
  • genealogy of, [14];
  • birthplace, [16];
  • his father, [17];
  • his education, [18]-[27];
  • knowledge of Italian, [21];
  • at Cambridge, [22]-[28];
  • rusticated, [25];
  • his degree, 1629; [25];
  • will not enter the church, [29];
  • early poems, [32];
  • writes "Comus," [38];
  • required incitement to write, [40], [48];
  • correctness of his early poems, [42];
  • his life at Horton, [44]-[55];
  • his "Comus" and "Arcades," [44]-[48];
  • his "Lycidas," [48];
  • his mother's death, [55];
  • goes to Italy, [56];
  • his Italian friends, [59];
  • visits Galileo, [61];
  • Italian sonnets, [64];
  • educates his nephews, [65];
  • elegy to Diodati, [67];
  • eighteen years' poetic silence, [68];
  • takes part with the Commonwealth, [68];
  • pamphlets on Church government, [72];
  • tract on Education, [75];
  • "Areopagitica," [79];
  • Italian sonnet, [85];
  • his first marriage, [86];
  • deserted by his wife, his treatise on Divorce, [87];
  • his pupils, [91];
  • return of his wife, [96];
  • his daughter born, [98];
  • becomes Secretary for Foreign Tongues, [102];
  • his State papers, [104];
  • licenses pamphlets, [105];
  • answers "Eikon Basilike," [108];
  • answers Salmasius, [111];
  • loses his sight, [114];
  • death of his wife, [116];
  • reply to Morus, [119];
  • his official duties [122];
  • his retirement and second marriage, [125];
  • projected ninety-nine themes preparatory to "Paradise Lost," [129];
  • wrote chiefly from autumn to spring, [132];
  • his views of a republic, [136];
  • escapes proscription at Restoration, [139];
  • unhappy relations with his daughters, [141];
  • third marriage, [143];
  • writing "Paradise Lost," [147]-[150];
  • analysis of his work, [152]-[172];
  • compared with modern poets, [166];
  • his indebtedness to earlier poets, [169];
  • retires to Chalfont to escape the plague, [173];
  • he suffers from the Great Fire, [175];
  • his "Paradise Regained," [177];
  • his "Samson Agonistes," [180]-[85];
  • his later life, [186];
  • his later tracts, [188], [190];
  • his "History of Britain," [189];
  • his Arian opinions, [192];
  • his death, [193];
  • his will, [194];
  • his widow and daughters, [195];
  • estimate of his character, [196]
• Milton, Richard, Milton's grandfather, [14], [15]
• Minshull, Elizabeth, Milton's third wife, [143];
  • Milton's will in favour of, [194];
  • death, ib.
• Monk, General, character of, [135]
• Morland, Sir Samuel, on "Paradise Lost," [163]
• Morus, A., his controversy with Milton, [118]-[119]
• Myers, Mr. E., on Milton's views of marriage, [91]

N.

• Newton, Bishop, benefits Milton's granddaughter, [195]

O.

• Ochino, B., Milton's indebtedness to, [171]
• "On a fair Infant," [33]

P.

• Paget, Dr., Milton's physician, [143], [145]
• Palingenius, Marcellus, Milton borrows from, [164]
• Pamphlets, Milton's, [72], [75], [78], [79], [87], [99], [100], [108], [113], [132], [133], [136]-[8]
• "Paradise Lost," [128];
  • four schemes for, [129];
  • first conceived as drama, [130];
  • manner of composition, [147];
  • dates of, [147]-[150];
  • critique of, [152]-[172];
  • successive publications of, [176]
• "Paradise Regained," [177];
  • criticism on, [178]-[180]
• "Passion of Christ," [32]
• Pattison, Mark, on "Lycidas," [51];
  • on Milton's political career, [68];
  • on fanaticism of Commonwealth, [133];
  • on "Paradise Lost," [159];
  • on Milton's diction, [165]
• "Penseroso, Il," [40], [49]
• Pepys, S., on Restoration, [135], [138]
• Petty France, Westminster, Milton's home in, [117]
• Philaras, Milton's Greek friend, [114]
• Phillips, E., Milton's brother-in-law, [22], [65]
• Phillips, Edward, Milton's nephew, on Milton's ancestry, [14];
  • educated by his uncle, [65];
  • his account of Milton's separation from his first wife, [87];
  • of their reconciliation, [96];
  • becomes a Royalist, [129];
  • his attention to his uncle, [145];
  • on "Paradise Lost," [176];
  • on "Paradise Regained," [177]
• "Pilot of the Galilean Lake," [49]
• "Plymouth Brethren," resemblance of Milton's views to, [133]
• Powell, Mary, Milton marries, [86];
  • she leaves him, [87];
  • returns to him, [95];
  • her family live with Milton, [98];
  • her death, [116];
  • probable bad influence on her daughters, [163]
• "Prelatical Episcopacy" pamphlet, [72]
• "Pro Populo" pamphlet, [113]
• Ptolemaic system followed by Milton in "Paradise Lost," [157]
• Puckering, Sir H., gave Milton's MSS. to the University of Cambridge, [129]

R.