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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.

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throttling

Part of SpeechverbUsed In Literature ↓

To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).

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Poetry examples for throttling

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

dominions;—but then the devouring of a man-at-arms, or the

throttling of a consecrated bull, is a circumstance of too little

moment to be more than hinted at in Epidaphne.

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