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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Page 131
... called dry , to have derived its appellation from the name of that earth - like world . . . . [ When from men ] all corruption has been cleansed and shaken off , and when the whole of the space occu- pied by this world ( that universe ...
... called dry , to have derived its appellation from the name of that earth - like world . . . . [ When from men ] all corruption has been cleansed and shaken off , and when the whole of the space occu- pied by this world ( that universe ...
Page 161
... called unto his Father the ninth hour ; God then called Adam to judgment . In the evening , Christ was taken from the Cross , and man ejected from Paradise . This schedule Milton followed rather closely in describing the successful ...
... called unto his Father the ninth hour ; God then called Adam to judgment . In the evening , Christ was taken from the Cross , and man ejected from Paradise . This schedule Milton followed rather closely in describing the successful ...
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... called neither at Ur of Chaldea nor at Haran , as Augustine , or as called at both , as Ainsworth and Tostatus . Augustine based his interpretation upon the account of Stephen , Acts 7. 2-3 , according to which God called the Patriarch ...
... called neither at Ur of Chaldea nor at Haran , as Augustine , or as called at both , as Ainsworth and Tostatus . Augustine based his interpretation upon the account of Stephen , Acts 7. 2-3 , according to which God called the Patriarch ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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