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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... tion , and the taming of lust : Source of all joys . O happy marriage , . After our decease Our living images . • • • • · • O blessed bond ! by thy dear favor , we leave behind By thee , we quench The wild and wanton fires , that in our ...
... tion , and the taming of lust : Source of all joys . O happy marriage , . After our decease Our living images . • • • • · • O blessed bond ! by thy dear favor , we leave behind By thee , we quench The wild and wanton fires , that in our ...
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... tion Ambrose , Augustine , Lancetta in his Adam and Eve , Mercer , Peter Lombard , Pererius , and Rupert . One group of writers , among them Andrew Willet , believed ' it more probable that God gave the charge to them both . ' Still ...
... tion Ambrose , Augustine , Lancetta in his Adam and Eve , Mercer , Peter Lombard , Pererius , and Rupert . One group of writers , among them Andrew Willet , believed ' it more probable that God gave the charge to them both . ' Still ...
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... tion : Was the poet's reprimand of cosmological specula- tion closely connected with the current defense of Revela- tion against the Copernican hypothesis , the theory of the earth's axial rotation , and the doctrine of a plurality of ...
... tion : Was the poet's reprimand of cosmological specula- tion closely connected with the current defense of Revela- tion against the Copernican hypothesis , the theory of the earth's axial rotation , and the doctrine of a plurality of ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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