And I knowed I could pray now. But I didn't do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking -- thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

It's too late for this to be a political poem, but Paradise Lost is late for all sorts of reasons.

要写一首政治诗歌太晚了，但弥尔顿这么晚才写《失乐园》有多方面的原因。

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This is a point that is often lost in the Republic, that it is first of all a work on the reform of the soul.

这是在《理想国》中常被落掉的观点，即改革灵魂,为首要之事。

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"Partly because, while personal counseling and a personal coach might be the Cadillac version of weight loss maintenance, it may not be practical for all people after they've lost weight, whereas if an Internet website can prove to be helpful, something like an Internet website is available.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Even though there were people, mostly young men, willing and able to read to him, it's clear that the vast quantity of learning that gets poured - all of that erudition that gets poured into the pages of Paradise Lost - it's clear that this is not a product of Milton's last-minute review of the classics.

尽管有很多人，大多数是年轻人，愿意将材料读给他听，很显然这使得大量的知识被注入,所有这些广博的知识被注入到《失乐园》的字里行间,但很显然这不是,弥尔顿在最后一分钟对于古典文献回顾的产物。

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