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Show ARCH ENEMY OF MILTON, P'l f On Man Emblttersd Whol Llfs of Great Post "lttltim'i nr. embittered by nc..ntempiihie spite of one Hslmas-, Hslmas-, 1 '"' 'rle Corelll in the H'lnd Msg;,,!,,,. salmaslua waa " '.' '"hor ' the 'Defenslo Heel,' or " ln' of Kings.' a poor piece of worn long K(, forgotten, and he was tn procurer of foul llhel against the an Hor of Tara.ll.o ljn,r W1, "' claim hM () ,n4 memory f, nicry frnm hi yc-louiness. yc-louiness. r not only did he make of the ur ,, , ,u nm n connplrlng jaiBt mioa; r,puutlon. he spread the grossest Ilea broad-cart, broad-cart, even accusing the poet of hav. ing a hideous porsonal appearance ' puny p., 0( nin. B nomunculus; a dwarf dvprlvo I of the human figure; a rentemptihie pedagogue.' When th le.iplcbl slanderer learned the fact tint Milton, so far from answering to this description, was ol a pleasing and attractive appearance, he Immedlatly chsnged his tactics and began to at-tack at-tack bis nioriil character which, aa v.i Mllton'3 bitterest political enemies ene-mies Vnrw. was austerely above th T,r "low of suspicion. It waa aald that Ike poet 'a oversealousncas In answering tho calumnies of Salmsslus "ot Mo his eyesight." |