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 60
... described the stars , or lights of heaven , and later the sun and moon , or the two great lights . The next section again described sun , moon , and stars , with each of the three conceived as a unit . The concluding section retained ...
... described the stars , or lights of heaven , and later the sun and moon , or the two great lights . The next section again described sun , moon , and stars , with each of the three conceived as a unit . The concluding section retained ...
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... described animals in general , and listed individually a group of nine . With one exception , these and many other creatures are found in the compre- hensive catalog of Du Bartas . Both writers described the lion as rampant , placed ...
... described animals in general , and listed individually a group of nine . With one exception , these and many other creatures are found in the compre- hensive catalog of Du Bartas . Both writers described the lion as rampant , placed ...
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... described Hamartia as a creature physically similar to Sin , and pictured her issuing from her father . He wrote that the Dragon cohabited with the first woman , and begat a monster . The employment of the word Dragon in one narrative ...
... described Hamartia as a creature physically similar to Sin , and pictured her issuing from her father . He wrote that the Dragon cohabited with the first woman , and begat a monster . The employment of the word Dragon in one narrative ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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