OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE; X

WITH

CONSIDERATIONS

ON THE

SPIRIT OF THE TIMES,

MEN, AND REVOLUTIONS.

BY

THE VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON :
HENRY COLBURN,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS,

WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

PART THE THIRD-(CONTINUED.)

LITERATURE UNDER THE FIRST TWO STUARTS AND DURING

THE COMMONWEALTII.

Page

Milton_his Birth.—College . . . . 1

Milton at Home.—Works of his Youth . . . 7

Milton in Italy

. . . . 13

Milton's Return to England.—His Occupations and his

first Controversial Works . . . . 16

Milton's Marriage :

Milton's Treatise on Divorce . . . . 24

Speech on the Liberty of the Press . . . 29

Death of Milton's Father.-Historical Events.— Treatise

on the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates . . 32

Milton, Latin Secretary to the Council of State of the

Commonwealth.—The “ Eiconoclastes” . . .

Defence of the English People against Salmasius . 45