HENRY COLBURN,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1836.

LONDON : BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS,

WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

PART THE THIRD-(CONTINUED.)

LITERATURE UNDER THE FIRST TWO STUARTS AND DURING

THE COMMONWEALTII.

Page

MILTON_his Birth.--College .

1

Milton at Home.- Works of his Youth

7

Milton in Italy

13

Milton's Return to England.—His Occupations and his

first Controversial Works

16

Milton's Marriage

21

Milton's Treatise on Divorce

24

Speech on the Liberty of the Press

29

Death of Milton's Father.-Historical Events.- Treatise

on the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

32

Milton, Latin Secretary to the Council of State of the

Commonwealth.— The “ Eiconoclastes”

37

Defence of the English People against Salmasius . 45

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