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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... Discourse , the Discovery , and The New Planet no Planet are three closely related works . Not only are the first two books allied in theme , in purpose , and have a com- mon author , but the Discourse attacked vigorously Ross's Latin ...
... Discourse , the Discovery , and The New Planet no Planet are three closely related works . Not only are the first two books allied in theme , in purpose , and have a com- mon author , but the Discourse attacked vigorously Ross's Latin ...
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... Discourse unless he had used the work . It is scarcely possible that chance would have guided him to duplicate sections from two books published in one volume . To have utilized by chance the ideas , phrases , and words of the Discovery ...
... Discourse unless he had used the work . It is scarcely possible that chance would have guided him to duplicate sections from two books published in one volume . To have utilized by chance the ideas , phrases , and words of the Discovery ...
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... Discourse and Discovery , would easily recognize the source . This reason is strengthened by the fact that Milton opposed strongly the cause to which Discourse and Discovery were dedicated - the stimu- lation of cosmological inquiry and ...
... Discourse and Discovery , would easily recognize the source . This reason is strengthened by the fact that Milton opposed strongly the cause to which Discourse and Discovery were dedicated - the stimu- lation of cosmological inquiry and ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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