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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... evil spirits over human fancy and imagination . Psellus declared in De Operatione Daemonis , Chapter XII , that devils whisper to our minds , not speaking so loudly that our ears may hear them . Quot- ing loosely from Hermes , Thomas ...
... evil spirits over human fancy and imagination . Psellus declared in De Operatione Daemonis , Chapter XII , that devils whisper to our minds , not speaking so loudly that our ears may hear them . Quot- ing loosely from Hermes , Thomas ...
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... evil than to prevent evil from coming into existence . . . . It is He who with very just punishment doomed the angels who voluntarily fell to everlasting misery . It is He who made also man him- self upright , with the same freedom of ...
... evil than to prevent evil from coming into existence . . . . It is He who with very just punishment doomed the angels who voluntarily fell to everlasting misery . It is He who made also man him- self upright , with the same freedom of ...
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... evil shall produce , And evil turn to good - more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth Light out of darkness ! Full of doubt I stand , Whether I should repent me now of sin By me done and occasioned , or rejoice ...
... evil shall produce , And evil turn to good - more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth Light out of darkness ! Full of doubt I stand , Whether I should repent me now of sin By me done and occasioned , or rejoice ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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