ECHO LIBSivumäärä: 128 sivuaAsu: Pehmeäkantinen kirjaJulkaisuvuosi: 2008, 01.06.2008 (lisätietoa)Kieli: Englanti
Milton was back in England in August, 1639. He had been absent a year and three months, during which space of time the aspect of public affairs, which had been perplexed and gloomy when he left, had been growing still more ominous of a coming storm. The issues of the controversy were so pervasive, that it was almost impossible for any educated man who understood them not to range himself on a side. Yet Milton, though he had broken off his projected tour in consequence, did not rush into the fray on his return.