In fact, he claims, he was so far from such debauchery that he had devoted his entire early life to the ideal of virginity.

他声称，事实上他离放荡还差远了,因为他年轻时完全沉浸于贞操理想中。

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Power is a conceptual category that Milton brooded on and cultivated his entire writing life. From a very early age, Milton nursed the image of himself as a powerful poet.

米尔顿终其写作生涯都在思考，创建,力量这一概念范畴，还在很小的时候，米尔顿就开始把自己想做是一个强有力的诗人。

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