And it may well be that no poem has ever been since Paradise Lost published with line numbers in its very first edition.

只有《失乐园》首次印刷的时候把行数印上,之后的诗歌都没被这么出版过。

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The only precedent Milton would have had even for the idea of line numbers would have been the great ancient classics, the magnificent Renaissance editions of Homer and Virgil.

弥尔顿曾经的唯一一个范例，甚至是印上行数的想法,都将是伟大的古老杰作，是荷马和维吉尔伟大的再生版。

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As far as I know -- I know of no exception, although someone may well be able to produce one no original poem in English had ever been published with line numbers in the margin in its very first printing.

就我所知，无一例外，尽管有些人能很好的制作出摹本,但英语原版诗歌从不在首次印刷的时候,把行数印在页边空白处。

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