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 169
... thought was disguise , and the finding of the creature best suited for this purpose : Sea he had searched and land From Eden over Pontus , and the Pool Maeotis , up beyond the river Ob ; Downward as far antartic ; and , in length , West ...
... thought was disguise , and the finding of the creature best suited for this purpose : Sea he had searched and land From Eden over Pontus , and the Pool Maeotis , up beyond the river Ob ; Downward as far antartic ; and , in length , West ...
Page 305
... thought of , which verses were intended for the beginning of a tragedy which he had designed , but was diverted from ... thought of - if by the last was meant ' fifteen or sixteen years be- fore Milton thought of Paradise Lost . ' Those ...
... thought of , which verses were intended for the beginning of a tragedy which he had designed , but was diverted from ... thought of - if by the last was meant ' fifteen or sixteen years be- fore Milton thought of Paradise Lost . ' Those ...
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... thought of the poem before this year . Accepting for discussion 1654 as the last year when Milton had as yet not ' thought of ' his epic , 1639 is the latest period when Phillips could have seen the verses . At this time he had not ...
... thought of the poem before this year . Accepting for discussion 1654 as the last year when Milton had as yet not ' thought of ' his epic , 1639 is the latest period when Phillips could have seen the verses . At this time he had not ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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