Milton

[mil-tn]

noun

1. John, 1608–74, English poet.

2. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

3. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

4. a male given name: a family name taken from a placename meaning “mill town.”

Milton

/ ˈmɪltən /

noun

1. John. 1608–74, English poet. His early works, notably L'Allegro and Il Penseroso (1632), the masque Comus (1634), and the elegy Lycidas (1637), show the influence of his Christian humanist education and his love of Italian Renaissance poetry. A staunch Parliamentarian and opponent of episcopacy, he published many pamphlets during the Civil War period, including Areopagitica (1644), which advocated freedom of the press. His greatest works were the epic poems Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), and Paradise Regained (1671) and the verse drama Samson Agonistes (1671)

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The 2026 show will also make stops at venues in cities such as Cardiff, Milton Keynes and Edinburgh.

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"For sea turtle hatchlings, reaching the ocean is already a race against time -- and survival. Now, increasingly large mats of sargassum are adding new challenges to this critical journey," said Milton.

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Passenger trains were scheduled to start running between Oxford and Milton Keynes for the first time in nearly 60 years by the end of December.

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But mum Monika, a quantity surveyor based near Milton Keynes, said she had "no idea how difficult it would be" to find a new place for their son.

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They appear stuck in what Milton Friedman called “the tyranny of the status quo.”

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