Paradise Lost: An Account of Its Growth and Major OriginsRussell & Russell, 1963 - 362 pages Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout. |
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... bodies may at last turn all to spirit , Improved by tract of time , and winged ascend Ethereal , as we , or may at choice ... body of man therefore was formed incorruptible and immortal , insofar as man preserved his incorruptibility by ...
... bodies may at last turn all to spirit , Improved by tract of time , and winged ascend Ethereal , as we , or may at choice ... body of man therefore was formed incorruptible and immortal , insofar as man preserved his incorruptibility by ...
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... body of the first man had within it immortality . His body would have been pre- served by the sustaining power of food until the time of its translation into a better . He then would eat of the tree of life , and make all immortal , so ...
... body of the first man had within it immortality . His body would have been pre- served by the sustaining power of food until the time of its translation into a better . He then would eat of the tree of life , and make all immortal , so ...
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... bodies , and adorns either the angels of God or the sons of the resurrection with the clothing of a spiritual body . In discussing the question , ' Is the material from which are composed the bodies of angels , the same as the ma ...
... bodies , and adorns either the angels of God or the sons of the resurrection with the clothing of a spiritual body . In discussing the question , ' Is the material from which are composed the bodies of angels , the same as the ma ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
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