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 121
... Death that they hold unceasing watch over the gates , but Sin first , and later Death , proved faithless to their trust . Yet Sin had the justi- fication that she was the daughter of Satan , born like Minerva from the head of her father ...
... Death that they hold unceasing watch over the gates , but Sin first , and later Death , proved faithless to their trust . Yet Sin had the justi- fication that she was the daughter of Satan , born like Minerva from the head of her father ...
Page 122
... Death , Miltonic cre- ation that he largely is , has much in common with two fig- ures described by Spenser's ... death he ever bore Which from far he deadly darts . · • · The second character , a warden at the gate of hell , bore the ...
... Death , Miltonic cre- ation that he largely is , has much in common with two fig- ures described by Spenser's ... death he ever bore Which from far he deadly darts . · • · The second character , a warden at the gate of hell , bore the ...
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... Death ! As she continued , Sin described her rape by Death , that by this act became both son and husband . Being a woman , the shapeless shape of Fletcher attempted no rapine . Never- theless , she sought to destroy her parent and all ...
... Death ! As she continued , Sin described her rape by Death , that by this act became both son and husband . Being a woman , the shapeless shape of Fletcher attempted no rapine . Never- theless , she sought to destroy her parent and all ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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