“Milton's learned vocabulary [...] and his distant perspectives, represent the authoritative unintelligibility of the parents' speech as heard by the child.” ChildrenAuthorityParentsVocabularyEruditionJohn Milton Book:John Milton: Introductions Source: John Milton: Introductions
“He would have been half-hanged, taken down alive, castrated, his genitals stuffed in his mouth, his stomach slit open, and his intestines taken out and burnt, and his carcase chopped into four quarters.” MouthsPunishmentTortureExecutionGoreBarbarismIntestinesCastrationHangingGenitalsJohn MiltonStomachsCarcasesRestoration England Book:John Milton: Introductions Source: John Milton: Introductions