...Lost' Ellwood says that, visiting the poet in London afterwards, ' he showed me his second poem, " Paradise Regained ; " and in a pleasant tone said...me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of." ' In the year 1667 the poet, having returned to London, obtained a licence to publish his great poem,...

...doing, whenever my occasions drew me to " London), he showed me his second poem, called Paradite " Regained, and in a pleasant tone said to me, ' This...to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought "of1."' This only certifies that Ellwood saw Paradise Regained in one of his visits to Milton in London...

...him some time afterwards in London, showed his young friend the MS. of PARADISE REGAINED, adding, " This is owing to you, for you put it into my head...me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of." As the child of his old age (it was published in 1671), Milton naturally had a great love for this...

...to Milton in London, the poet showed him the MS. of Paradise Regained, saying, at the same time, " This is owing to you ; for you put it into my head...Chalfont, which before I had not thought of." The internal evidence of the poem seems strongly to favour the opinion which ascribes the Samson to an...

...when afterwards I went to wait on him there (which I seldom failed of doing whenever my occasions drew me to London), he showed me his second poem, called...at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of.'" It is still the same John Milton, sociable and kindly to the last. Ellwood's question was not a very...

...him in London^ Milton showed him his " Paradise Regained ;" and, in a pleasant tone, said to him, — "This is owing to you; for you put it into my head...me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of," iCilton, in the opening of this poem, speaking of his Muse, as prompted to tell of deeds Above heroick,...

...London), he showed me his " second poem, called Paradise Regained, and in a pleasant tone VOL. II. B " said to me, ' This is owing to you ; for you put it...Chalfont, which before I " had not thought of.' " * The inference from this passage may certainly be that the poem was at least begun in the cottage at Chalfont...

..." poem, called Paradise Regained, and in a pleasant tone said " to me, ' This is owing to you ; tor you put it into my head " by the question you put...Chalfont, which before I " had not thought of. ' " * The inference from this passage may certainly be that the poem was at least begun in the cottage at Chalfont...

...afterwards I went to wait on him there (which I seldom failed of doing, whenever my occasions drew me to London) he showed me his second Poem, called...me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of." Ellwood came out of Aylesbuiy gaol on the 7th of June, 1665. Milton, therefore, had finished " Paradise...

...when afterwards I went to wait on him there, which I seldom failed of doing whenever my occasions drew me to London, he showed me his second poem, called...me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of.' " Those who bear honest Ellwood a grudge for the disservice he thus did literature and a great poet,...