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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... light . As now the sun , circling about this ball ( The light's bright chariot ) , doth enlighten all . No sooner said he , ' Be there light , ' but lo , The formless lump to perfect form ' gan grow . Milton's treatment of the third day ...
... light . As now the sun , circling about this ball ( The light's bright chariot ) , doth enlighten all . No sooner said he , ' Be there light , ' but lo , The formless lump to perfect form ' gan grow . Milton's treatment of the third day ...
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... light which God created on the first day , Willet noted that various Fathers ' think it was a bright and lightsome cloud , which was carried about , and gave light to the world , as Beda , Ly- ranus , the Master of the Sentences [ Peter ...
... light which God created on the first day , Willet noted that various Fathers ' think it was a bright and lightsome cloud , which was carried about , and gave light to the world , as Beda , Ly- ranus , the Master of the Sentences [ Peter ...
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... light . ' In the Twelfth Century , Bonaventure included Uriel with Michael , Gabriel , and Raphael as a major angel , and described him as ' the light , or the fire of God . ' During the Seventeenth Century , Henry More named Uriel ...
... light . ' In the Twelfth Century , Bonaventure included Uriel with Michael , Gabriel , and Raphael as a major angel , and described him as ' the light , or the fire of God . ' During the Seventeenth Century , Henry More named Uriel ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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