Now you'll remember from our discussion of the opening invocation to Paradise Lost, that insistent bid that Milton was making: the bid to be first.

现在从我们对失乐园开篇,的讨论中可以得知，弥尔顿一直坚持的是：,敢为天下先。

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Most awkwardly, the Lady is physically stuck to her seat.

最笨拙的是，小姐一直坚持坐在她的凳子上。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选