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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... Italy . From a second point of view , the division appears un- justifiable . Christ died for all men , in atonement for their sins . Were mankind composed only of those eternally pre- destined either to election or reprobation , the ...
... Italy . From a second point of view , the division appears un- justifiable . Christ died for all men , in atonement for their sins . Were mankind composed only of those eternally pre- destined either to election or reprobation , the ...
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... Italy his choice whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the Infidels , or Belisarius against the Goths , or Charlemain against the Lombards ; if to the instinct of nature and the emboldening of art aught ...
... Italy his choice whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the Infidels , or Belisarius against the Goths , or Charlemain against the Lombards ; if to the instinct of nature and the emboldening of art aught ...
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... Italy , whither I was fav- ored to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under ... Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of ...
... Italy , whither I was fav- ored to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under ... Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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