Charles I., illegal government of, 30;
expedition against the Scots, 67;
execution of, 100;
alleged authorship of "Eikon Basilike," 105-107;
a bad king, but not a bad man, 110
Charles II., restoration of, 138;
favour to Roman Catholics, 188
Christ's College, Milton at, 22
"Christian Doctrine," Milton's treatise on, 99, 190-193
"Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes," 132
Clarke, Deborah, Milton's youngest daughter;
her reminiscences of her father, 195
Clarke, Mr. Hyde, his discoveries respecting Milton's ancestry, 14, 15
Clarke, Sir T., Milton's MSS. preserved by, 129
Coleridge, Milton compared with, 41;
on Milton's taste for music, 63;
on "Paradise Regained," 178
Comenius, educational method of, 76
Commonwealth, Milton's views of a free, 136
"Comus," production of, 38, 44, 46;
criticism on, 53-55
"Considerations on the likeliest means to remove Hirelings out of the
Church," 133
Copernican theory only partly adopted in "Paradise Lost," 158
Cosmogony of Milton, 157
Cromwell, Milton's character of, 121;
Milton's advice to, 122
D.
Dante and Milton compared, 160
Daughters, character of Milton's, 142
Davis, Miss, Milton's suit to, 94
Deity, imperfect conception of, in "Paradise Lost," 154
Denham, Sir J., his admiration of "Paradise Lost," 177
Diodati, Milton's friendship with, 21;
verses to, 25;
letters to, 39, 41, 55;
death of, 65;
Milton's elegy on, 43, 67
"Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce," 79, 87-91
Dryden, on "Paradise Lost," 177;
visits Milton, 187;
dramatizes "Paradise Lost," 187
Du Moulin, Peter, author of "Regii Sanguinis Clamor ad Coelum," 118
E.
Edmundson, Mr. G., on Milton and Vondel, 170
Education, Milton's tract on, 75-77
"Eikon Basilike," authorship of, 105-107
"Eikonoklastes," Milton's reply to "Eikon Basilike," 108
Ellwood, Thomas, the Quaker, reads to Milton, 145;
suggests "Paradise Regained," 175
Elzevir, Daniel, receives and gives up the MS. of "State Letters" and
the "Treatise on Christian Doctrine," 191
F.
Fairfax, Milton's character of, 120
Faithorne's portrait of Milton, 189
G.
Galileo, Milton's visit to, 61
Gauden, Bishop, author of "Eikon Basilike," 106
_Gentleman's Magazine_, account of Horton in, 36
Goethe on "Samson Agonistes," 181
Gill, Mr., Milton's master at St. Paul's school, 20
Gosse, Mr., on Milton and Vondel, 170
Greek, influence of, on Milton, 33, 39
Grotius, Hugo, Milton introduced to, 59;
Milton's study of, 169
H.
Hartlib, S., Milton's tract on Education inspired by, 75
"History of Britain" by Milton, 99, 189
Holstenius, Lucas, librarian of the Vatican, 63
Homer and Shakespeare compared, 2;
and compared with Milton, 160, 165, 167
Horton, Milton retires to, 33;
poems written at, 44
Hunter, Rev. Joseph, on Milton's ancestors, 14
"Hymn on the Nativity," 32
I.
Italian sonnets by Milton, 64
Italy, Milton's journey to, 56-65
J.
Jansen, Cornelius, paints Milton's portrait, 19
Jeffrey, Sarah, Milton's mother, 16
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