Poetical Works, Volume 2Macmillan, 1893 |
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... once acquired a book had a perpetual property in it . The understanding did not extend to Ireland ; and , accordingly , there had been three Dublin editions of Paradise Lost , -in 1724 , 1747 , and 1748 , respectively . But about 1750 ...
... once acquired a book had a perpetual property in it . The understanding did not extend to Ireland ; and , accordingly , there had been three Dublin editions of Paradise Lost , -in 1724 , 1747 , and 1748 , respectively . But about 1750 ...
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... once above thy sphere , Till pride and worse ambition threw me down , Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! " Phillips's words " several years before the Poem was begun would not , by themselves , fix the date at which he ...
... once above thy sphere , Till pride and worse ambition threw me down , Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! " Phillips's words " several years before the Poem was begun would not , by themselves , fix the date at which he ...
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... once entertained had faded more or less into the background of memory , and PARADISE LOST stood out , bold , clear , and without com- petitor . Nay more , the dramatic form , for which , when the subject first occurred to him , Milton ...
... once entertained had faded more or less into the background of memory , and PARADISE LOST stood out , bold , clear , and without com- petitor . Nay more , the dramatic form , for which , when the subject first occurred to him , Milton ...
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... let the observation be made once for all . In the first place , Paradise Lost is permeated from beginning to end with citations from the Bible . Milton must have almost had the So Bible by heart ; and , besides that some 24 INTRODUCTION TO.
... let the observation be made once for all . In the first place , Paradise Lost is permeated from beginning to end with citations from the Bible . Milton must have almost had the So Bible by heart ; and , besides that some 24 INTRODUCTION TO.
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... once marked out , the com- pletion of the Creation is a work of Six Days ( VII . 242 , 550 ) . On the last of these , to crown the work , the happy Earth received its first human pair , the appointed lords of the entire new Creation ...
... once marked out , the com- pletion of the Creation is a work of Six Days ( VII . 242 , 550 ) . On the last of these , to crown the work , the happy Earth received its first human pair , the appointed lords of the entire new Creation ...
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