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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... earth . Well might Adam ask of Raphael why the im- measurable heavens should hasten about our sphere : When I behold this goodly frame , this world , Of heaven and earth consisting , and compute Their magnitudes - this earth , a spot ...
... earth . Well might Adam ask of Raphael why the im- measurable heavens should hasten about our sphere : When I behold this goodly frame , this world , Of heaven and earth consisting , and compute Their magnitudes - this earth , a spot ...
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... earth -this earth , that is but a point or center to them all those stars of such number and bigness . Every star in the equator must move 42,398,4371⁄2 miles in an hour . But the distance of the orbs , and . · consequently their ...
... earth -this earth , that is but a point or center to them all those stars of such number and bigness . Every star in the equator must move 42,398,4371⁄2 miles in an hour . But the distance of the orbs , and . · consequently their ...
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... earth's sake , and the inhabitants thereof ; neither do the stars need so much his light and heat as we , without ... earth it is yet in ques- tion . The earth may be turned about in its diurnal re- volution by some motive power of its ...
... earth's sake , and the inhabitants thereof ; neither do the stars need so much his light and heat as we , without ... earth it is yet in ques- tion . The earth may be turned about in its diurnal re- volution by some motive power of its ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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