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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... Divine plan , this new creation would live upon earth : till , by degrees of merit raised , They open to themselves at length the way Up hither , under long obedience tried , And earth be changed to heaven , and heaven to earth : One ...
... Divine plan , this new creation would live upon earth : till , by degrees of merit raised , They open to themselves at length the way Up hither , under long obedience tried , And earth be changed to heaven , and heaven to earth : One ...
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... Divine attributes as God's justice and mercy . As a result , a number of writers which included Du Bartas and Joseph Fletcher pictured these or related qualities as if in debate . Fletcher , author of The Perfect , Cursed , Blessed Man ...
... Divine attributes as God's justice and mercy . As a result , a number of writers which included Du Bartas and Joseph Fletcher pictured these or related qualities as if in debate . Fletcher , author of The Perfect , Cursed , Blessed Man ...
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... Divine Institutes .. The Epitome of the Divine Institutes , trans . William Fletcher , Edinburgh , 1871 . Luther , Martin , Colloquia Mensalia , or His Divine Discourses at His Table , London , 1659 ( Tischreden , Werke , Weimar , 1912 ) ...
... Divine Institutes .. The Epitome of the Divine Institutes , trans . William Fletcher , Edinburgh , 1871 . Luther , Martin , Colloquia Mensalia , or His Divine Discourses at His Table , London , 1659 ( Tischreden , Werke , Weimar , 1912 ) ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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