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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Page 43
... Less obvious forces also are active . For some decades our world has emphasized creativeness less , and control more . On occasion , it has reversed completely Milton's inspired belief , that to create is greater than to destroy . Quite ...
... Less obvious forces also are active . For some decades our world has emphasized creativeness less , and control more . On occasion , it has reversed completely Milton's inspired belief , that to create is greater than to destroy . Quite ...
Page 140
... less in part because of its dramatic possibilities , that if any- thing it received in literature more space and emphasis than the positive . Milton suggested accurately this situ- ation in the many passages of Paradise Lost devoted ...
... less in part because of its dramatic possibilities , that if any- thing it received in literature more space and emphasis than the positive . Milton suggested accurately this situ- ation in the many passages of Paradise Lost devoted ...
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... less dignity have outward courts , and in all actions pry . ' Among the senses , ' the eye . lets in wandring shapes . ' Reason , ' first those forms and fancies admits , which to his . • · • court busy Phantastes sends , ' and ' clears ...
... less dignity have outward courts , and in all actions pry . ' Among the senses , ' the eye . lets in wandring shapes . ' Reason , ' first those forms and fancies admits , which to his . • · • court busy Phantastes sends , ' and ' clears ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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