So that can be unsettling when we think of this as happening at a certain contemporaneous moment in the history of thought.

如果把这个问题放在思想史的特定时期来想,它可能是难以解决的。

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It's as if Milton were paralyzed, almost, at this moment in his choice between these various alternatives.

弥尔顿似乎被麻痹了，在他在几个可行性中作出选择的时候。

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Part of the poem's force derives from the status of this moment as something remembered, and remembered within the context of a nation at war.

诗歌的一部分力量来源于,事情被记起那一刻的状态，并且是在国家处于战争时期的情况下记起的。

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We don't need to know what the particular notes are, but let's look at this just for a moment because it works well as a prototype of melody.

我们不必确切地知道这些音符是什么,但是还是让我们来看一下,因为它简直就是旋律的典范

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