Milton, who is writing at the present moment of December of 1629, is claiming the capacity to arrive at a moment in history that he has already described as a long-completed one.

这首诗作于1629年12月，这时弥尔顿正在慢慢具备他达到历史性时刻的能力,而这时他也已经被这样称赞着。

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He seems there to be a kind of anthropologist writing a natural history.

他看似,以人类学家角色写自然演变史。

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