Paradise Lost, Book 1Hurst, 1900 - 408 pages |
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Page vii
... father was a scrivener , or writer of legal documents . " The Spread Eagle , " where Milton's father lived , was a fit place in which to nurse the poetic instincts of the boy ; for his father was a musi- cian , a song - writer , and a ...
... father was a scrivener , or writer of legal documents . " The Spread Eagle , " where Milton's father lived , was a fit place in which to nurse the poetic instincts of the boy ; for his father was a musi- cian , a song - writer , and a ...
Page ix
... father's house at Horton , a little village about sev- enteen miles northwest of London . Here , in the quiet of an English village , he spent five years of patient study , varied by rambles in the pastures and woods of Buckinghamshire ...
... father's house at Horton , a little village about sev- enteen miles northwest of London . Here , in the quiet of an English village , he spent five years of patient study , varied by rambles in the pastures and woods of Buckinghamshire ...
Page 4
... Fathers . To find out the truth of this prophecy , and what to determine thereon , he refers to a full council . What his associates thence attempt . Pandemonium , the palace of Satan , rises , suddenly built out of the deep : the ...
... Fathers . To find out the truth of this prophecy , and what to determine thereon , he refers to a full council . What his associates thence attempt . Pandemonium , the palace of Satan , rises , suddenly built out of the deep : the ...
Page 70
... father ! what intends thy hand , " she cried , " Against thy only son ? What fury , O son , Possesses thee to bend that mortal dart Against thy father's head ? and knowest for whom ! 730 For him who sits above , and laughs the while At ...
... father ! what intends thy hand , " she cried , " Against thy only son ? What fury , O son , Possesses thee to bend that mortal dart Against thy father's head ? and knowest for whom ! 730 For him who sits above , and laughs the while At ...
Page 72
... prey , but that he knows His end with mine involved , and knows that I Should prove a bitter morsel , and his bane , Whenever that should be ; so Fate pronounced . But thou , O father ! I forewarn thee , 72 [ BOOK п PARADISE LOST.
... prey , but that he knows His end with mine involved , and knows that I Should prove a bitter morsel , and his bane , Whenever that should be ; so Fate pronounced . But thou , O father ! I forewarn thee , 72 [ BOOK п PARADISE LOST.
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