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An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton

An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton is available here as the complete text, split into 821 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton Comprising All the Autobiographic Passages in His Works, the More Explicit Presentations of His Ideas of True Liberty. by John Milton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44733.

11 chaptersComplete chronicle
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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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Comprising
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Autobiographic
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Passages
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Works
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