... a very able man in these matters ' ; Major Thomas Venner ; Michael Mallet ; Philip Carteret ; Francis Cradock , a merchant ( later an admirer of Milton's verse ) ; Sir Henry Ford ( later Irish Secretary ) ; Edward Bagshaw ; Thomas ...
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by William Riley Parker Excerpt Introduction This book merits more attention and respect from literary historians than thus far have been accorded it.
Originally published in 1968, the biography was immediately acclaimed as `indispensable', `authoritative', as well as `controversial', and Parker himself was described in The Review of English Studies as `a living library and a walking ...
Milton's Cotemporary Reputation: An Essay: Together with a Tentative List of Printed Allusions to Milton, 1641-1674: And Facsimile Reproductions of...
Milton: A Biography