| 单词 | Milton |
| 例句 | When Milton got to the end of the song, he lowered his instrument and leaned out the window, grinning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then the doorknob rattled again, and Milton jumped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Now she was married to Milton and Father Mike was married to Milton’s sister. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I get more out of staying home and reading the newspapers—the way Shad told me to do—and working out the exercises in Mr. Milton’s book,” he told his father. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z One Sunday as Tessie left for church, Milton handed her a large bill. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z During the months I was missing, Milton and Tessie experienced the same spikes of panic, the same mad hopes, the same sleeplessness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I recall how wonderful I thought Milton was. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Ross Milton was not, however; he said, “Lincoln will win. When it comes to the final vote, the country will not admit that its sons have died for nothing.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton writing love letters and even, after reading Marvell’s ‘To His Coy Mistress” at night school, love poems. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Whenever one of his friends expressed interest in her, Milton told them to give up the idea. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Vanderbilt didn’t want to be strong-armed into dismissing Milton, whom he and virtually all observers agreed had done nothing wrong in his effort to load War Admiral in the gate the year before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As the booths caught fire, Milton raced behind the counter to grab the fire extinguisher. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton’s camera came equipped with a rack of merciless floodlights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z John Milton proved fruitful in still one more respect. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Good morning, Milton. I have a question for you this morning. Would you like to know the question, Milton?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton waved the clarinet, adjusting the reed with a wink, until Tessie, finally: “I don’t want to do that anymore! Do you understand? Leave me alone!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I doubt you’ll do that, Milton. I’m the only chance you have to get your daughter back.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Keep in mind: neither Milton nor Tessie had seen me undressed for years. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then in an interrogative tone that showed he could hardly believe it himself, my brother told me that there had been an accident and that Milton was dead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was as if the C.O.’s words, the actual syllables he addressed to Milton, had been scrambled by the boys over in Intelligence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Opening the cash register, Milton gave me a stack of quarters to use in the jukebox. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then there he is—Milton—running across the deck of the ship! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton, gazing ahead into the Gremlin’s interior, saw a slice of Father Mike’s face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Milton had to leave right away to take the train back home, but he kissed my hand before he left and called me Mrs. Yale, and that sounded so nice to me. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven heard the seriousness in Milton’s voice and agreed to start coming down on weekends and staying in his old bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She couldn’t help herself thinking that my arrival was part of some settling of accounts, that Milton had been punished and that her punishment was just beginning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The fanning even pursued Milton into his Oldsmobile, which began to make a soft hissing from the radiator. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton’s pillars were the Parthenon and the Supreme Court Building; they were the Herakles of myth as well as the Hercules of Hollywood movies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If that didn’t work, Milton was prepared to leave. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Smiling a polite smile that reveals a rabbity expanse of upper gum, she examines Milton’s complexion, his hair, his shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But Milton had something else on his mind: “Whatever happened to that old clarinet of mine?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But here were a few turbulent fellows hanging about an inn door, and in Milton itself they were signaled to stop by a group whose faces they never did see. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A lack of introspection was good for bolstering your courage, but in the last months and weeks it had done damage to Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ever since they had decided to have another child—the diner was doing well and Chapter Eleven was long out of diapers—Milton and Tessie had been in agreement that they wanted a daughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After the last mysterious phone call, Milton had waited for another. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At Milton’s insistence I had been taken one last time to see Dr. Phil. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t know this, but Milton asked me to marry him a while ago. I said no. Now I’m going to write him and say yes.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Luce seemed optimistic, confident, and Tessie and Milton began to be filled with hope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The infinite was as vast and cold as the ocean spreading around die ship, and in all that emptiness what Milton felt most acutely was the reality of his own buzzing mind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton and Tessie were treating me exactly as they always had— as their daughter, in other words. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And while hammers pounded and sawdust filled the air, Milton acquainted himself with the papers and deeds Lefty had haphazardly kept in a cigar box beneath the register. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And Milton was asking himself a few, pertinent questions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Neither my new long reach nor Chapter Eleven’s beetle-browed concentration was sufficient to counter Milton’s wicked spin or his “killer shot” which left red marks on our chests, through our clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z While his buddies were baking out there, Milton was sitting under a ceiling fan, working out a mathematical proof. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sam Gardiner, standing behind his counter, nodded at Milton’s words. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Determined not to let Chapter Eleven’s condemnation of tourism ruin our travel plans, Milton was making airplane reservations and haggling with car rental agencies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nearby, Tessie was dancing with Milton in his white naval uniform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I know, right? Milton. It sounds like a Jewish great-uncle.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Every week family and friends gathered at Milton’s new house in Indian Village for Sunday dinner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In all this traffic Milton lost sight of the Gremlin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “This property is rather eccentric,” Miss Marsh is telling Milton one September afternoon as she leads him up the driveway. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes Milton pointed out stories in the newspaper detailing the gruesome ends of coeds who had made that mistake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In addition to absconding with twenty-five thousand dollars and giving Milton false hopes of my return, Father Mike was abandoning his own family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Where should I play?” whispered Milton, his mouth feeling too dry to play anything. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was reading Mr. Milton when he heard the clock chime three with a weary, halfhearted chime. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But with one thing or another, Milton would put off his trip to Bithynios. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Would they take the stained glass window, which Milton himself had taken? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton hurried along the platform, the tassels on his loafers bouncing, the tiny feather in his hat rippling in the cold wind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We only knew that Milton was suddenly around the house during the day. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And my grandmother blessed my parents’ marriage, after vigorously plotting against it, only because she didn’t think Milton would survive to the end of the week. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For three days and two nights we waited in the attic to hear from Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A week after Tessie became engaged, on a steamy Tuesday morning, Milton put his clarinet away for good and went down to Cadillac Square to exchange his Boy Scout uniform for another. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Fortunately, Milton had been turned down by the Army. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The girls were brought to Harlem, and several months later it was decided that Herbert and Florence would also take the youngest boy, Walter Milton Myers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Swiftly Milton lifted its triangular green lid and laid the briefcase inside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes Jenny would join in taking the tests, and Ross Milton would tease her a little: “The wife of a schoolmaster must learn to speak correctly, mustn’t she, Jenny?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening, when my mother and I got back to the hotel, Milton had a surprise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Like Dukakis’s, Milton’s chin strap looked as though it had been fastened by his mother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She kissed her fingertips and touched them to the saint’s picture, and she hurried home to write Milton the good news. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Throughout my disappearance Milton had kept up a brave front while doubts worked invisibly inside him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Close-up of the cash register ringing open and closed; of Milton’s hands counting money; of Lefty putting on his hat and leaving unnoticed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Though the army helmet obscured Milton’s present vision, it gave him a pretty good picture of the future. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Doubtless he had changed his mind about that letter for Milton. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z This time Milton answered on die first ring. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A succession of heretical readings o/Paradise Lost, television chocolate ads, and styling decisions for emporia of “adult toys” indicates, Milton wasn’t the only one of whom Blake’s remark could have been made. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Milton could see the officer asking Father Mike a few questions and then—No! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Aside from their blinding brightness, there was another odd thing about Milton’s home movies: like Hitchcock, he always appeared in them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But now it is Milton’s turn to smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Ma,” Milton would warn her, “I’m going to burn up some of this garbage now.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After dessert, Milton took a handkerchief out of his back pocket, unscrewed the hot lightbulb, and, tossing it like an unambitious juggler, conveyed it into the living room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Instead of popping the cherry into his mouth as Milton would have done, Michael Antoniou always offered it to her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “So much for your high gas mileage,” Milton cried. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But coming closer to Milton, she learned something about medical reports. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton tried to reason with Tessie, but it was no use. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z More than anything, that was what my newly enlisted father, Seaman 2nd Class Milton Stephanides, looked like as he bounced in a landing craft off the California coast in the fall of 1944. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Really, Mr. Stephanides, for a family such as yours, with young children, I’m not sure this is quite the best—” 256 Before she can finish, however, Milton holds up his hands in surrender. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I was finished, I searched in Milton’s garment bag for the cash he’d hidden there. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They went up the steep road from Milton. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the chemical brightness Milton saw the patriarchal beard, the pale, waxen cheeks, and—most tellingly—the tiny five-foot-four frame. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t until Chapter Eleven descended into the basement to play Ping-Pong with Milton that I understood what was behind all this. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The phrase subtly alludes to another meditation on unrealized genius, “Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,” from Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I hate Professor Milton,” Calista told me when I was finished reading all the sticky notes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Milton, too, couldn’t get off his moving vehicle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then Milton lifted his chin and said it: “To hell with the Greeks.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton, on the other hand, didn’t waste time reevaluating the evidence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Most important, Milton got out without ever seeing me again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I brought some dinner with me, Mr. Milton. You don’t need to go to the expense of buyin’ me a restaurant meal.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton had never noticed most of them before. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes when we were dancing, Milton squared his shoulders and looked around the floor, as if daring anyone to make a crack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After two months of searching, Milton was down to his last real estate agent, a Miss Jane Marsh of Great Lakes Realty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton stopped at the crest of the slope to look down at the hockey field. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ross Milton was thoughtful, and Jethro was soon completely absorbed in the pleasure of oven-cooked food that seemed delicate and tempting in contrast to the coarse fare to which he was accustomed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Milton’s job—luckily so far only in maneuvers—to lower the landing craft off the side of the transport ship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The poor people of Milton had had enough of that rising eye. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching the evening news, Milton delivered a running commentary to the screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton looked down at the coins for a moment and then went and got the cigarettes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z While I did my homework in the kitchen I heard Milton’s resonant, drill-like voice saying, “Socrates: ‘There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts’ Adeimantus: ‘What are they?’ Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton hadn’t told Tessie where he was going for a number of reasons. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After a few days of that, Tessie asked for Thomas Hardy, but an hour later Milton put the book down, unimpressed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Can you believe Mr. Milton got all loud at me in history? I was about to go off on him!” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z If Milton missed having a beautiful daughter, I never knew it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “She’ll grow out of it,” Milton was always telling my mother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton, realizing that his brother-in-law had nowhere to go, was content to follow him to the water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The economy was in recession in 1975 and Milton had been forced to close a few franchises. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then Milton would show him how to do business! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was by chance Johnny saw the Lytes’ ruby coach trundling slowly down Orange Street, heading for Milton and a little country air. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When he went out to greet the editor, Jethro noticed the young man who had cared for his team that day in Newton, now sitting on a high load of logs behind Ross Milton’s buggy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Until, finally, we see Milton and Tessie, dressed in their best, following a real estate agent through a big house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I guess I was thinkin’ of some things Mr. Milton said the last time he spent the night with us, things about the war—and peace when it comes.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton started out with three Hercules Hot Dogs™ but quickly added franchises as profits allowed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton, growing surly at this new development, threw barbs across the dinner table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The lemon- colored Cadillac was all we had left of Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton stands at the front door, looking across at the empty window where Morrison had stood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After the disaster on Pingree Street, Milton vowed never to make the same mistake again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘The Lytes will stay in Milton about a month,’ she whispered. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Music was playing on the radio, an old Artie Shaw tune, why not, and Milton watched the red light on the Penobscot Building blinking on and off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This hadn’t been all that difficult, however, since she was in Detroit and Milton was in Annapolis at the U.S. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z These words are Milton’s, but they express with precision what the Greeks thought lay back of the very first beginning of things. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton, eight years old now, was snuggled up against her side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On Sundays, instead of serving Metaxa, Milton fixed cocktails for his guests. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The boy was named Miltiades after the great Athenian general, but would be known as Milton, after the great English poet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton tried to sound happy when I got on the line. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She’d asked Milton what he wanted to do with his life once. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Notice, for instance, the veneer headboard of the bed, made from “pure cherrywood,” as Milton likes to say, just like the little tree George Washington chopped down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had wished that Ross Milton would not rip up his dream of peace. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s a good one,” said Milton, holding up Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton could hear music in the background, a radio playing in another room maybe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton elbowed Chapter Eleven, kidding, “We’ll start you off as vice president in charge of salad bars.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She kept thinking that if something happened to Milton, if he was wounded or, God forbid, if he didn’t come back—she would be somehow to blame. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Late in August, word was spread through Boston that Merchant Lyte ‘had got it’ or was ‘going to get it’ out in Milton. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A large food processing company offered to buy the rights and sell the hot dogs in stores, but Milton, mistakenly thinking that popularity is eternal, rejected it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton had never suspected that Theodora was the kind of girl who would paint her toenails. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Over the next seven years, Milton traded up almost every year, so it’s possible for me to chart my life in relation to the styling features of his long line of Cadillacs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And so it was not so difficult to see why Father Mike decided to flee his marriage, and why he needed money . . . . . . none of which, however, could Milton read in his brother-in- law’s eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, a few feet behind, Miss Marsh examines Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I'd read the Milton twice already, but I couldn’t keep a thought steady long enough to know what it was. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe Gus didn’t grow up in Greece,” he said, “but I’m sure you remember that I did. You are talking about my native land, Milton. And your parents’ own true home.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After five more minutes, when Milton still had not materialized, Desdemona excused herself and climbed the stairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Furthermore, he enabled Major Major to double his output, for John Milton was so much shorter than either his own name or Washington Irving’s and took so much less time to write. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Every night Milton called us in our room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was one of the gauges Milton had never seen before. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton Frantig, the man who had thrown up on the lawn, had now been kept in isolation at Fairfax Hospital for several days. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The officer at the wheel signaled Milton to turn back, but Milton did not obey. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I definitely get why Uncle Milton’s hanging out in Martha’s Vineyard all summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Hot dog stands,” Milton announced at dinner one night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At three, Milton sat in a toy airplane while Theodora spun the propeller. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “No, Milton,” the voice corrected, “you don’t understand. I want to bargain.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But then finally the window of the spaceship slowly retracted to reveal, instead of a Martian inside, Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton had been third clarinet in the Southeastern High School orchestra. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z You could see the impression of Milton’s cloven backside in the leather upholstery. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She had been there for the last three days, ever since the mailman had delivered another letter from Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Cadillac was three years old now, the oldest one Milton ever had. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton’s brow was still furrowed with concentration but from his eyes there was light appearing, rays of relief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In short, Milton was doing what he always did when it came to important decisions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dylan is dragging Samantha into his shameless world and taking Milton’s room. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Milton asked, seeing his father empty the cash register. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Finally there was a brownout in the distance and Milton cheerily called out, “Ready!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton’s snores make the bed rattle; also, the wall connecting to my room, where I’m asleep myself in a grownup bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the corner of Sterling and Commonwealth was the old Masonic Temple, where one Saturday afternoon thirty-five years before, Milton had been runner-up in a spelling bee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At the newspaper office, Jethro picked up one of the papers while Ross Milton hunted for his book. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The lithium experiment was in the hands of a graduate student named Milton White, who now got his first exposure to Ernest Lawrence in the throes of a mania. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Right? So now, when I wake up on Tuesday mornings, instead of thinking, ‘Ugh, I have to go to Professor Milton’s class today,’ I try to think, ‘Hey, I get ice cream after class today!’ Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z But Milton answered, “There’s no time to think about that now.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton wasn’t the only writer in history to give Satan the rhetorical chops he deserves. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z But it was having Jethro talk to her that she wanted, not an understanding of Ross Milton’s words. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The long ride on the trains was like a bad dream to me, the first letter from Jenny ran, but Mr. Milton talked to me with the greatest kindness and he kept my spirits up. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z As the car plunged, Milton only had time to be astonished by the way things had turned out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The question remains: Why was this Milton’s last movie? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In his office Luce sat down in his Eames chair, looked up at Milton and Tessie, and adjusted his glasses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t know a song about a stomach,” Milton ventured. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In vain Milton tried to get me to wear one of the paper hats his employees had to wear by law. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the Korean War ended in 1953, Milton was stationed again in Norfolk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Snaking between the cars and trucks, he was racing toward the international divide, while Milton pursued, flashing his brights to get people out of the way. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Even better, Milton hadn’t paid extra for it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This request, too, the lawyers refused, much to the regret of Milton Greeman, curator of Wistar’s renowned collection of medical specimens. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z ‘Boy,’ he said to Johnny, ‘Colonel Smith has a letter to go to Milton. Please go to the parlor and see him or Lieutenant Stranger about it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In die rare times he diapered me or gave me a bath, Milton studiously averted his eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A chance would come his way, and when it did, Milton Stephanides wouldn’t miss it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Minority student—that was the label I bore in college at Stanford, then in graduate school at Columbia and Berkeley: a nonwhite reader of Spenser and Milton and Austen. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton got the dusty bottles from the liquor cabinet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t only losing the money that enraged Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then he told Milton where to leave the money, and where to wait for me to be released. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The letter he finally wrote to Jenny with Ross Milton’s book close at hand as an aid to spelling was a simple one. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton stood up and shook hands with the doctor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For his own part, Milton was unable to discuss the birds and the bees with his young daughter, and so I was left, in those years, to figure things out for myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Exhausted, seasick, Milton stood packed in like a sardine, shouldering a heavy pack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They might as well write musicals about Milton, Georgia. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z These days, whenever we talk about Milton, my mother and I come to the conclusion that he got out just in time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The rage surging through Milton at that moment was nearly unbearable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton was beset by a storm of emotion he refused to acknowledge. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When Milton got a new car he gave Tessie his old one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “That’s the chance we’ll have to take,” Milton snapped back, and with all his strength pulled his arm out of the trash can. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was a moment of relative silence, enough for Milton to hear the slamming of Morrison’s screen door across the street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton left, and my mother and I tried to spend his money We went shopping at Bloomingdale’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then there was the question of what to do with Milton Frantig, who was still lying on the couch at the monkey house under orders from Dalgard not to move. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of Christmas scenes or birthday parties there always came a moment when Milton’s eye would fill the screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There were many letters from both Jenny and Ross Milton that summer, letters that brought hope and comfort to the family at home. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z And so it was I who, upholding an old Greek custom no one remembered anymore, stayed behind on Middlesex, blocking the door, so that Milton’s spirit wouldn’t reenter the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Always a thrifty traveler, Milton was also encouraged by the room rates. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then finally there came a letter from Ross Milton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton stepped on the gas, ignoring the scarcity not only of petroleum but of many other things as well. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton and Chapter Eleven chose stools and waited to be served. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton thought about the briefcase lying out in the trash can. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For some time now my grandmother had suspected the growing intimacy between Milton and Tessie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Feeling confident, Milton adjusted the heat, which was a little too high. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They don’t make post offices like this in Milton, Georgia. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z When everything had been sold or given away, Milton drove my grandparents’ remaining belongings in a rented truck the twelve blocks to Seminole. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And while people shush her, the sailor in the newsreel approaches the camera—and Tessie realizes that it isn’t Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “He looks deeper than the skin, and admires intellect in others. Milton Ashe is not the type to marry a head of hair and a pair of eyes.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “This looks like a good one,” Milton says, choosing his own egg. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Squatting at the front window yesterday, Milton had seen looters break into every store down the block. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was also Ross Milton’s book—the book on English usage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, Milton told my grandfather to stop bringing me down to the diner for lunch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Through his open window Milton shouted, “There’s a guy who just came through. He stole some money of mine. Can you have him stopped at the other end? He’s driving a Gremlin.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Unconsciously Milton was adhering to the Greek custom of not shaving after a death in the family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Everyone else was doing someone like Shakespeare, Dante, or John Milton. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Should she have resisted Milton when he tried to bend nature to his will? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z While they were forced to run up and down the sandy gridiron, Milton was reading a paragraph by someone named Carlyle and answering the questions that followed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In 1971, all the men in our lives were gone, Lefty to death, Milton to Hercules Hot Dogs, and Chapter Eleven to bathroom solitaire. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Okay, I’m not technically from here, but I live here now. Just for the summer. I’m from Milton, Georgia.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He was going to own his own willows—say, out in Milton. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton bellowed in the Cadillac as the car began, once again, to descend. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For more than a year Tessie lit candles at the Greek church for her fiance, while Milton gazed at her photographs pinned over his bunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Standing in line all day brought on the very thoughts Milton wanted to avoid, of a clarinet imprint, like a ring of fire, on Tessie’s flushed thigh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The word had all those meanings for Milton.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Since the censors’ Greek was even worse than Milton’s, they often made mistakes, lopping off endearments, x’s and o’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Every night, he watched the news with Milton, tracking military developments and paying close attention to the guarded statements of Henry Kissinger at the Paris peace talks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Mr. Milton met us in Olney last night and loaned us his horse and buggy to drive up here today. We wanted to surprise you; we had hoped it would be a perfect homecoming.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “You got a real live wire here,” Milton said, turning to my brother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Morrison’s words echoed in the street, but Milton didn’t have time to concentrate on them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He played Milton’s birthday, Desdemona’s birthday, the date of Greek Independence minus the last digit, the year of the burning of Smyrna. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Jethro tramped the frozen fields and thought of the things Ross Milton had said. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of that day Milton kept after me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And so when he turned four, Milton renounced his cousin’s companionship, preferring to play with neighborhood boys. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As Milton and Tessie prepared to see Dr. Luce, a hot foam was rising in their stomachs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Let me get one thing straight,” Milton interrupted. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Finally Ross Milton leaned forward in his chair. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z All that was left in Dyer’s Appliance, as far as Milton could tell, was a rack of vacuum bags. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A few days after he had broached his plan to Tessie, Milton came home one evening with a present. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As more and more of his thoughts gave him pain, Milton had increasingly avoided them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So far, aside from one scare—at five, Milton had nearly died from a mastoid infection— they had both been healthy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In fact, slow has been a perfectly acceptable adverb since the days of Shakespeare and Milton. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton Stanley Livingston was a burly farm boy who had been raised in the foothills of California’s San Gabriel Mountains, where his father owned an orange grove. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Milton was too busy running the diner to notice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Later there came a request from the young couple, a request written and subscribed to by a hard-bitten bachelor, Ross Milton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z At the corner, Milton put the blinker on and it ticked, counting the seconds down to our eventual departure. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the moments she had to herself, usually in the dark, minutes before falling asleep, Briony contemplated a ghostly parallel life in which she was at Girton, reading Milton. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Riddle didn’t want Milton going anywhere near his horse again, and vowed never to run another horse at Pimlico. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that besides the town house on Beacon Hill there was a country seat at Milton. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t the same at all,” Milton answered back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton had waited too long to sell it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The detective who later informed my modier of the accident, when asked about the condition of Milton’s body, said only, “It was consistent with a crash of a vehicle going at seventy-plus miles an hour.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After a single week of drills, Milton realized that he had made a terrible mistake joining the Navy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton asked what was wrong with their values. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Or of relief that for once, on the ride home, his wife, Zoe, wouldn’t be able to compare him unfavorably with Milton? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Thirty seconds later, when Milton turned the same corner, he saw the sweeping expanse of the Ambassador Bridge. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton, the child apostate, would have been confirmed in his skepticism, because his spirit never returned that day, trying to get past me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This was how we were going to keep Milton alive. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Well, God knows he don’t need any brains to buck barley bags. But don’t you try to put nothing over, Milton. I got my eye on you. Why’d you quit in Weed?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Alone in Uncle Milton’s apartment, surrounded by horses, with only the Grubhub delivery guy for company. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Milton got in his car and drove off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton found himself getting impatient or not paying attention. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Little Milton Harper tore off their legs and stuck them on top of his straw hat. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z But the tension was felt everywhere; it spilled over into our studies, and arguments over Milton, Talleyrand or deductive procedures in logic were often clear substitutes for the outlawed fistfights over Zionism. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I miss my best friends, Jessie and Ethan. And my house. The guest room we have at home is bigger than my uncle Milton’s bedrooms.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Might as well give it back to the Indians,” Milton thought. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton grinned at her, perspiring in pinstripes, and once again the tragedy cuff link glinted in the sim. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I know he is. But I don’t love him. I love Milton.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z War Admiral quieted down and Milton was finally able to break the field in good order. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton placed it on a bedside table and went back downstairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Milton’s got flat feet. Does that sour the deal for you?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton wore them whenever he met with bank loan officers or auditors from the IRS. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Week after week, aided or coerced by their parents, they came, and week after week Milton Stephanides excused himself to go up to his bedroom and play his clarinet out the window. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It explained the false cheer in Milton’s voice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But whenever Tessie spoke about the umbilical cord, when she claimed that she could still feel me out there somewhere, Milton found himself wanting to believe her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The following Sunday, Milton came up from behind and played his clarinet against the back of Tessie’s neck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the admissions test, Milton had scored a ninety-eight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We’d had a Ping-Pong table for years, but so far, no matter how much my brother or I practiced, we had never come close to beating Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But Milton, upon learning of Riddle’s wishes, solved the problem for him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty used to stop there with Milton to buy cantaloupes, teaching Milton how to pick a sweet one by looking for tiny punctures left by bees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Since Milton had stopped thinking things through, his body was now doing the work for him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tonight Milton had the jukebox off so that he could hear if anyone was trying to break in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Milton is going to fix it. I keep telling him.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “After that we have to see about some Broadway tickets,” said Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Once we got going the required speed, Milton said, “Okay. Now get a load of this.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sam Gardiner went over and laid his hand on Milton’s shoulder. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton looked down at the tin and took a cookie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But as Milton was cleansed of original sin, Desdemona remained cognizant of her iniquity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It would not take such a fast pacer long to get to Milton. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “He probably bills the insur-ance extra for the psychological stuff,” Milton said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All around Milton in die boat now guys were already getting sick. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton’s throat went dry; a spasm of anxiety known to all Depression babies gripped his body; and in the next second he was jumping out of the car again, running back to the platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We better unpack and put our suitcases in the closet” Milton answered. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Why should I? I am trying to help. Milton Ashe’s thoughts of you—” he paused. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Milton had on a blue blazer and cream-colored trousers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton had the office number written out on a card. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton was so convinced that everything was going to be okay that on Tuesday morning he flew down to Florida on business. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Major Major went back to Washington Irving when John Milton grew monotonous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There were still a few hands up, including Jules’s and Aileen’s, but Mr. Hale went on about the battle in Milton’s mind between individualism and the moral order of a Christian universe. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Milton’s eyes were saying that the bad news was not all that bad. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He looked up and, out of priestly habit, smiled benignantly at Milton, his white teeth appearing in the great bush of black beard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Yes, it was a great shock for Milton to discover his brother-in-law on the train platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton didn’t take his foot off the pedal until his front bumper was nearly touching the Gremlin’s rear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But no one is going to tell Milton Stephanides where to live. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I don’t think he’s talking about Uncle Milton’s place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z There was a silence, until Milton asked, “Is that it, Doctor? You do this one surgery and we can take her home?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z During that summer, as the temperature climbed, Milton tried to come to grips with the predicament he found himself in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So Milton and Mr. Elijah Muhammad were actually saying the same thing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “If she wants to marry a priest,” Milton said, “let her marry a priest. The hell with her.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I love horses. I just don’t understand why your uncle Milton needs twenty-two paintings of them,” Dad says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Explained, too, were why the telephone calls had come on Sundays, whenever Tessie was at church, and the music in the background, which Milton now identified as the priests chanting the liturgy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t call to hear what you want, Milton. What’s important is what I want.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But now it was Milton whom Tessie sat in the porch swing with. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Jenny cut the letter from their copy of Ross Milton’s newspaper and placed it inside the cover of the family Bible. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton’s old briefcase had been found in the wreckage of the Gremlin, full of money. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I doubt if Milton himself could have impressed me more. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The prime minister, Sir Milton Margai, was then brought over to meet me, and the clerk introduced me as the chief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the day before, his C.O. had given Milton a new assignment in the upcoming invasion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was the economist Milton Friedman who helped come up with a solution to this one: automatic tax withholding from employees’ paychecks. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Fourteen hours later we swayed sleepily in a car that wound down a twisting road back to Seffner, where Ms. Jamison deposited us on Paula and Milton Pace’s doorstep. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Fulminating at the wheel, his progress curtailed by semis in front and strip-clubbers behind, Milton squirmed and hollered, his fury unbearable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Up until recently, Milton thought of Tessie as his prim cousin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z To that extent, we can all fancy ourselves potential artists—mute, inglorious Miltons. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As summer progressed, the beard grew shaggy, unmown, and it was obvious that Milton was thinking about Pingree Street; he was going to seed the way Pingree Street was. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For some reason Milton was no longer afraid of heights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At that point Milton started hammering on his horn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And Milton has been true to his promise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, that evening after dinner, Milton began reading aloud to Tessie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton demanded again, and the line went dead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The same enticement that had led my grandparents to do the unthinkable now offered itself to Milton and Tessie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She turns back around and heads into Milton’s room. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He turned to look at Ross Milton, who stood beside him, balanced painfully upon his crutches. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Milton went out and bought the ring for Shad. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Tessie blushed, looking; while Milton squinted; and I hid inside my hair as usual. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘Johnny—I’ve got to get back to Milton. I’m going to save that silver. It was my fault.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Ross Milton had taken a brand from the fireplace carefully between his long fingers, and he waited until he had lighted his pipe before he answered Jethro’s question. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Jethro got up in the quiet of the night, lighted his candle, opened Ross Milton’s book, and began to write on a piece of rough lined paper. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still angry over Pimlico starter Jim Milton’s use of tongs on War Admiral the year before, and he was sticking to his vow never to run a horse at the track again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At the diner we sat in a booth while Milton waited on us, pretending we were customers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Now, from California, lying on his bunk in the evenings, so sore he could barely move, Milton consulted a Greek-English dictionary to piece together reports on his navy life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “No, not that. It’s just that I know what other people think—Milton Ashe, for instance.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Milton’s fastest serves, his most arching spin shots and smashes, seemed to float in the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As soon as Milton saw the bridge strung like a giant, glittering harp over the river, panic seized his soul. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton had booked us into a hotel called the Lochmoor in the East Thirties. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The blasts erupting from beneath the Eldorado’s hood might have been emanating from Milton’s own chest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton heard the sound of feet running down the stairs and then Tessie’s voice saying hello. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It looked more like an airplane cockpit than a car, and Milton was at the controls, Milton was flying his last Cadillac over the Detroit River. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Now Milton selects an egg from the bowl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘At least we are all safe, and if only Papa is well and ...’ ‘I’m going back to Milton, Miss, to get that silver before the riffraff steal it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to see that file,” demanded Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And something else is rattling beneath Milton’s pillow, a potentially dangerous situation considering what the object is. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton looks up to see Morrison in his living room, lighting a cigarette. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Over the last two sleepless nights the circles under Milton’s eyes had darkened steadily with each cup of coffee he drank. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “All you care about is money,” he told Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hunkered down behind his TV tray, Milton scowled at the left-wing press, and his growing resemblance to the President couldn’t be ignored. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “That busing judge can bus all he wants,” Milton crowed, reading about the decision in the paper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But Milton snapped, “Just put the cuff links in, will you?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was comedy in the way Milton, while still worrying about me, kept one eye on the rocketing taxi meter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Under this strange nocturnal sky Milton pulled his car as close to the train platform as possible and stopped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As her face appeared in Milton’s mind, a sailor tapped him on the back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton exuded the boisterousness he reserved for all difficult situations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Listen to me, Milton. You haven’t lived through a fire. You don’t know what happens. Sometimes in a fire the insurance company burns down, too. Then what can you do?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I can’t put it the way Mr. Milton does, Ma,” he explained after a while. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Father Mike looked up to see Milton’s avenging eyes filling the rearview mirror. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When a Greek Orthodox church in Flint burned down, Milton drove up and salvaged one of the surviving stained glass windows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “He read this particular article in Scientific American” Milton said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So while Tessie had been on the first floor, foraging for food, she had also been searching in Milton’s desk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Watching from the cab, Milton came face-to-face with the essence of tragedy, which is something determined before you’re born, something you can’t escape or do anything about, no matter how hard you try. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She stopped outside Milton’s bedroom, frowning at the music coming from inside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members, that’s what Milton felt, seeing his father sunk in desk light, jutting out a moist underlip, scanning a dead language. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Before long, Chapter Eleven declared that he didn’t share Milton and Tessie’s values. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton, quite simply, had ceased to think things through. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The week after Dan Lawrence’s story had been heard in Newton, Ross Milton printed an open letter in his paper. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z John Milton threw open whole new vistas filled with charming, inexhaustible possibilities that promised to ward off monotony forever. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Milton, however, was aware of none of these physical deficits. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sitting back in the comfortable leather bucket seat, Milton Stephanides could see the downtown skyline approaching. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When it came time to give the deceased the final kiss, the mourners filed past Milton’s coffin and kissed its burnished lid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At Assumption Church, no doubt against his wishes, Milton Stephanides was given a full Orthodox funeral. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Sure they’re sitting off the coast,” Milton now, “what do you expect? The Junta comes in and throws Makarios out. So the Turks are getting anxious. It’s a volatile situation.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You mean who do I live with in my great-uncle Milton’s apartment?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Milton leaned forward in his chair a little, and Jethro had the impression that he was anxious about something. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A family of Tories in Milton wished to move into Boston and had written Colonel Smith about this move. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Up until Milton’s birth, Lefty and Desdemona had enjoyed an unusually close and egalitarian marriage for its time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “And you’re probably right. He roped in little Milton Harper and who knows who else. You did a good thing tonight, Nathaniel.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Most of Ross Milton’s talk was beyond her comprehension. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later Jenny and Ross Milton were gone in the buggy he had driven up from Newton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Ross Milton had driven up to the farm the day the letter came. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z If I hurried, I could make it back to the hotel before Milton and Tessie returned from seeing Carol Charming. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton lifted his face, trying to get a whiff of fresh air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By the fact that Milton took hundreds of baby photographs of Chapter Eleven and no more than twenty or so of me? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had missed her that month she had been out in Milton. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But now, instead of seizing my hand and rubbing it against his whiskers until I screamed, Milton no longer had the high spirits to torment me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We shove the bags on the dining room table, and we kiss beneath Uncle Milton’s horses. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Ross Milton came, and although he was too crippled to work, the men were pleased to have him with them, and Jethro was delighted. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Tessie, Milton’s mind was searching the bottom drawer of his desk, in particular a fat envelope containing the three fire insurance policies from separate companies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton, olive complexion turning a shade pale, only says, “Look. See the wheel?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven was against our living room, everything we had, everything Milton had worked for. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This idea caught on, even though great literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare to Milton is bristling with sentences ending in prepositions. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton looked away from the dancing children and saw the pillar of smoke right in front of him, blocking the street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As soon as Milton pulled up to the booth, the official signaled him to pull over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At that Milton shot up out of his chair again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Ducking aerodynamically over my handlebars, I pedaled furiously into the thick, oily exhaust of the moving column . . . . . . while, back on Pingree Street, Milton is crouching behind the crenellated olive oil tins. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was so much love in Milton’s eyes that it was impossible to look for truth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A young mule skinner named Milton Humason helped to transport mechanical and optical equipment, scientists, engineers and dignitaries up the mountain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Worried about what Milton and Tessie were getting up to, my grandmother wasn’t only trying to marry Milton off to somebody else. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And that same year, Milton Stephanides, tired of military life, left the Navy and returned home to pursue an old dream. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “All-Holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorified Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin, do you hear what my son Milton is saying?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My wife and I give consent that our daughter Jenny Elizabeth Creighton, age 16, may marry Shadrach Yale, Union soldier, under the witness of a trusted friend, Editor Ross Milton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Milton was shaking his head no, and Dr. Luce was putting on a surgical mask, and my schoolmates back in Grosse Pointe were pointing at me and laughing, their faces lit with malicious joy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The doctor Milton had spoken to—the specialist—refused to discuss details before he’d had a chance to examine me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton played his instrument with the same fingers he used for the Boy Scout salute, but his thoughts were anything but wholesome. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But then Milton twirled Tessie around and the two rivals came face-to-face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not quite isolated; among Galileo’s visitors in his last years were Thomas Hobbes and John Milton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z With the remaining insurance money Milton rented space in three malls in the Detroit metropolitan area. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not illegal or anything. First cousins can marry even. We’re only second cousins. Milton went and looked up all the statutes.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For three days we received no word from Milton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was a strange sadness in his eyes, a weakness, which Milton could not interpret. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Next Milton, in different clothes, is greeting more customers; and Jimmy the cook is cracking eggs one- handed; and Lefty is looking left out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They reminded Milton of the lace cover over the bathroom trashcan. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t expect peace to be a perfect pearl, Jeth,” Ross Milton had warned. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched Milton’s adult character forming during those years, taking on the no-nonsense attributes of our future father. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The well-known remark of William Blake that our great laureate of the War in Heaven, John Milton, was “of the devil’s party without knowing it” is testament to this. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I have to be honest and record Milton’s thoughts as they occurred to him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In front of the window, clarinet erect, Milton played on, oblivious. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “No times two. But it’s a firm that also has offices back in Georgia. Milton, Georgia! Milton like his uncle who’s great,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Milton had been jetting around during the two weeks, checking on his Hercules franchises, but on the Friday preceding the appointment he flew back to New York. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her feet were bare and that was when Milton saw them: the red toenails. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Just the night before, Milton’s exasperated voice had reached my ears: “You still got a headache? Christ, take some aspirin.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton Ashe was the youngest officer of U. S. Robot & Mechanical Men, Inc., and proud of his post. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Milton had his foot to the floor, engaging what he called the goose gear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As she gazes at Milton in the newsreel, her eyes fill with tears and she says out loud, “There was nowhere I could go that wouldn’t be you.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My great-uncle Milton’s apartment has two bedrooms, and I guess it’s considered big for New York. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Milton, whom we had rarely seen in sunlight before, was suddenly out in the backyard, reading the newspaper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The insurance money didn’t amount to quite as much as Milton had anticipated. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “When I was a boy,” said he, “this was my punishment. Standing with Milton weighing upon one hand and Shakespeare the other. But you ... you shall be encumbered with your own past, hm?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As little children Milton and Tessie had shared the same bedroom and bathtub, but that was long ago. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A split in the top of his skull, through which the bad news hissingly poured; a groove in his knees, which buckled, and suddenly Milton couldn’t keep it out any longer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She’s not coming back until Monday, and Dad’s not back until Monday either, so I’ll be spending my seventeenth birthday alone in Uncle Milton’s apartment. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z There was tragedy, certainly, in Milton’s expression as they left me off at the library. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By this time, the spring of 1971, Milton was busy with a new “business venture.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Every now and then Milton’s optimism would sway my mother and she would become cheerful for a day or two. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Like the time he joined the Navy, or the time he moved us all to Grosse Pointe, Milton did whatever he wanted, confident that he knew best. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Come on,” Milton said, “let’s go have a Hercules right now.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton was threatening the looter with two pieces of toasted bread, a slice of meat, and some hot mustard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “That was Milton Harper. He’s like seven or eight.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Used to always ask me to bring up Vemorsfrom the basement, Milton thought to himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but to help the Turks—” “The U.S. isn’t helping the Turks,” Milton went on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton was thinking back to his early navy days, to his time in the landing craft. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, Milton had had the business appraised and was met with a shock: the Zebra Room was worth less than when Lefty had acquired it in 1933. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky they wouldn’t take Milton. I don’t think it’s any kind of dishonor at all. I don’t know what I’d do if I had to send a son off to war.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was the combination of Milton’s disgust at the antiwar movement and Tessie’s sense of uselessness that led them to begin reading the entire one-hundred-and-fifteen-volume set of the Great Books series. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As a sign of this transformation, his conversation partner was none other than Milton Bearden of the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Milton Ashe flushed, but a fourth voice cut off his reply. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Several centuries of great writers—Milton, Shakespeare, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Austen, Thurber, Faulkner, Baldwin—have voted with their pens, and the answer is yes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Ross Milton, standing between his crutches in the doorway, waved to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z On hearing about Milton’s death, she had removed her hairnet, tearing at the masses of hair that tumbled down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The reason Milton was disappearing on us: after ten years in business, the diner was no longer making a profit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Distracted by grief, Milton had been going only twenty-five. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the long-haired war protesters Milton saw his own shaggy, condemnatory son. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton lying on his bed, dreaming about my mother in the same way I would later dream about die Obscure Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z While Milton fought to keep up a positive attitude, Tessie increasingly gave in to despair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Barricaded behind the cash register, holding the revolver in one hand and a ham sandwich in the other, Milton looked out the front window to see what was happening in the street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As an additional precaution, he made a happy switch from Washington Irving to John Milton. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A month after joining the United States Navy, Milton found himself stationed at Coronado naval base in San Diego. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “This dinner’s bin a real fine treat fer me, Mr. Milton.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered about Ross Milton, but there was little chance to make a trip to Newton at this time of year. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Brotherly protectiveness mixed with financial and paternal pain in Milton’s heaving breast. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton set his instrument case down on the sofa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After another long silence, Milton said, “You know how many of these places your old man owns right now?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He tested urine and blood samples from Milton Frantig, the man who had vomited on the lawn and who was now in an isolation room at Fairfax Hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One signature of which he was especially proud read, “Is anybody in the John, Milton?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As he got closer, he recognized the man as someone who will be called Milton Frantig. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Milton needed one more badge and he could have been an Eagle Scout,” Lefty said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When he couldn’t play against Tessie’s skin, Milton opened the window of his bedroom and serenaded her from afar. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Next Milton’s car started up and began backing down the drive. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Across the lowland downriver plain Grand Trunk rose before Milton’s Cadillac. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tessie was up now, too, shouting at Milton not to go, and Milton was hopping on one foot, trying to put on his pants; and before long everybody was into it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The weird, slanted back end of the Gremlin acted as a kind of ramp, and in the next second Milton realized he was airborne. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton’s chin dipped, fattening his neck, and his eyebrows slanted in disbelief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton had come a long way from the days when he counted kilowatts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton and Tessie often found themselves in the kitchen at four in the morning, drinking coffee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton jerked his thumb toward the wagon as he climbed slowly down from his seat. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z At those times Milton spoke to his mother in Greek, with increasing difficulty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For a while we lived with a single lightbulb, which Milton carried from room to room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I just mean that over in the old country people aren’t too well educated,” Milton said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Through the tinted windshield Milton could see the Detroit River below; but only briefly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton cut straight through the traffic until he spotted the green Gremlin up ahead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He half-wanted to stop the coach—Don’t you go to Milton, Miss Lyte, they are lying in wait for you out there. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton moves closer to the glass and examines the backyard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then shouting; and Chapter Eleven uttering two words to Milton, one beginning with f the other with y; and more shouting, and Chapter Eleven’s motorcycle roaring away, with Meg on the back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then remembering a lesson from Ross Milton’s book, which he and Jenny had been studying together when they had a little time, he tried fitting his angry thoughts into better English. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton no longer had any brain waves, so it was understandable why, hovering in the Cadillac, he might have forgotten that the Zebra Room had burned down long ago. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton ate his Hercules hot dogs in silence. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Though he continued to speak Greek to his parents, Milton never succeeded in writing it, and as he got older he began to forget what even the simplest words meant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton tried to take shelter behind his newspaper, but the fan-disturbed air rustled the newsprint. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My mother had been awake when Milton slipped out of bed less than an hour earlier. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton fruidessly shouted from the driver’s seat of his huge, boxed-in car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Oh my God, I miss them! Remember that night at Milton’s apartment?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Half-dressed, in shoes but no socks, in pants but no underpants, Milton Stephanides raced his Delta 88 through the early morning streets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Staring at that little straw hat, I realized we’d spooked Milton Harper, the kid who tore the legs off bugs. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I shout to Tessie in the kitchen, who shouts to Milton in the den, who shouts to Desdemona in the guest house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With hat, briefcase, and loafers, Milton might have been on his way to work. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It’s a great thing, isn’t it, Mr. Milton?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Cobb, if I could just have a glass of—” “You’re young. You don’t need it. Get on with Mr. Milton.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Like mice, military censors had nibbled at Milton’s letters before Desdemona got to digest them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the next moment, she said in a practical tone, “Now we have to move in with Milton.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton brought our suitcases up from the basement and told my mother and me to start packing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The following Monday, Milton opened the new diner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was during those weekends that Milton, desperate to cement his restored relationship with his son, urged him once again to go into the family business. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Besides, Milton had had enough of cops and their blase attitude. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When Milton used his extra-fast serve, Chapter Eleven returned it with a minimum of effort. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton had little interest in his new sister. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Milton considered Marius to be a troublemaker, a view in which many Zebra Room patrons, white and black both, concurred. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then one day Milton came home with some new reeds from the music store. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Under the brass eagle and fasces of his ensign’s cap, Milton Stephanides left the Boy Scouts behind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z |
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