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In August 1619, Francis Lodowyck was born in London to Waldrave Lodowyck and Judith Roussel, prominent members of the London Dutch church. Self-educated, Francis became a wealthy merchant like his father, trading in books and cloth on the Continent, but … Continued

Didascalocophus or the Deaf and Dumb man’s tutor was written by George Dalgarno and published in 1680. It was intended as a language for the deaf and the mute that they could learn in order to better communicate with those … Continued

Logopandecteision was a work by Sir Thomas Urquhart that was published in 1653. It was written as a proposal for a universal language. It was written in several parts, the most famous section being a list of the language’s 66 … Continued

Paradise Lost is the most influential work of poet and polemicist John Milton (1608-1674). In it, Milton’s speaker claims to seek the means to “justify the ways of God to men.” The epic poem, written in blank verse, recounts a … Continued

In 1671, four years after Paradise Lost, Milton published Paradise Regained, a Poem in IV Books, to which is Added Samson Agonistes. In 1665 the Quaker Thomas Ellwood reportedly read Paradise Lost in manuscript form and suggested Milton also give … Continued