Manuscript accidentally destroyed Habits of great authors in rewriting Publication of the work; Carlyle's literary style His early writings; poetry; essay on Milton Social success; contemporaries Enters politics and Parliament. Special public appreciation in America Drops out of Parliament; begins "History of England" The debt of genius to its age and preceding time 287 The stage a substitute for the newspaper of his era Plays which show the original rock on which his own In drawing upon tradition and upon earlier plays the poet's memory is taxed equally with his invention All originality is relative; every thinker is retrospective. The world's literary treasure the result of many a one's Work of the Shakspeare Society in gathering material to 298-301 Despite his genius, he shares the halfness and imperfec- A rude era more favorable to poetry. The poetical temperament highest in a rude state of Milton distinguished by the excellence of his Latin verse. "Comus" properly more lyrical than dramatic Contrasts between Milton and Dante Milton's handling of supernatural beings in his poetry terious and the picturesque in their verse Milton's public conduct that of a man of high spirit and Eloquent champion of the principles of freedom His public conduct to be esteemed in the light of the 368-370 373-383 Visits Italy; makes Schiller's acquaintance; Goethe's 2 |