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 188
... hand Soon raised , and his attention thus recalled : ' Adam , now ope thine eyes , and first behold The effects which thy original crime hath wrought In some to spring from thee . . . . A • His eyes he opened , and . thither anon sweaty ...
... hand Soon raised , and his attention thus recalled : ' Adam , now ope thine eyes , and first behold The effects which thy original crime hath wrought In some to spring from thee . . . . A • His eyes he opened , and . thither anon sweaty ...
Page 293
... hand records of Edward Phillips and the anonymous biographer , usually read in the light of the second - hand account . So interpreted , these men describe Milton as in- itiating preparatory work upon Paradise Lost during the years 1655 ...
... hand records of Edward Phillips and the anonymous biographer , usually read in the light of the second - hand account . So interpreted , these men describe Milton as in- itiating preparatory work upon Paradise Lost during the years 1655 ...
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... hand he took me , raised , And over fields and waters , as in air Smooth sliding without step , last led me up A woody mountain , whose high top was plain , A circuit wide , enclosed , with goodliest trees Planted , with walks and ...
... hand he took me , raised , And over fields and waters , as in air Smooth sliding without step , last led me up A woody mountain , whose high top was plain , A circuit wide , enclosed , with goodliest trees Planted , with walks and ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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