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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... Christ . Ex- cluding details which make up the first two days of the celestial conflict , Milton then followed closely a narrative pattern previously utilized in The Victory of Christ . This work , entitled in Latin De Victoria Verbi ...
... Christ . Ex- cluding details which make up the first two days of the celestial conflict , Milton then followed closely a narrative pattern previously utilized in The Victory of Christ . This work , entitled in Latin De Victoria Verbi ...
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... Christ , opened his similar description with a rhetorical question . What arms , he asked , were employed in the celestial battle ? These arms , he replied , were not physical or material . Rather , they consisted of flaming fire ...
... Christ , opened his similar description with a rhetorical question . What arms , he asked , were employed in the celestial battle ? These arms , he replied , were not physical or material . Rather , they consisted of flaming fire ...
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... Christ . The shorter period represented the length of His crucifixion , usually given as the twelve hours which elapsed between the deliverance of Christ to Pilate and His removal from the Cross . Somewhat similarly , the con- trasting ...
... Christ . The shorter period represented the length of His crucifixion , usually given as the twelve hours which elapsed between the deliverance of Christ to Pilate and His removal from the Cross . Somewhat similarly , the con- trasting ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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