Paradise Lost: An Account of Its Growth and Major Origins, with a Discussion of Milton's Use of Sources and Literary PatternsPackard, 1940 - 362 pages |
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Page 221
... moved . The heavens themselves , are of such strange bigness , with so many stars which do so far exceed the magnitude of our earth -this earth , that is but a point or center to them . all those stars of such number and bigness . Every ...
... moved . The heavens themselves , are of such strange bigness , with so many stars which do so far exceed the magnitude of our earth -this earth , that is but a point or center to them . all those stars of such number and bigness . Every ...
Page 234
... moved because of the testimony of Psalm 74 : " I have established the borders of the earth , " the Sacred Book accommodates its phrases to human capac- ity . ' Continuing , Gilbert rejected the authority of two pas- sages frequently ...
... moved because of the testimony of Psalm 74 : " I have established the borders of the earth , " the Sacred Book accommodates its phrases to human capac- ity . ' Continuing , Gilbert rejected the authority of two pas- sages frequently ...
Page 291
... moved the entrance of Satan to ' the very beginning ' of the tragedy - in short , to much the same position which it was to occupy in Book IV of Paradise Lost . In addition , the lamenting Apostate uttered to the sun the ten verses ...
... moved the entrance of Satan to ' the very beginning ' of the tragedy - in short , to much the same position which it was to occupy in Book IV of Paradise Lost . In addition , the lamenting Apostate uttered to the sun the ten verses ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
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