The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise Lost, Volume 10Chatto & Windus, 1962 - 227 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 64
Page 12
... action , " Man's First Dis- obedience , " and the results of that action . We are all familiar with some of the results . We have experienced , partially , “ all our woe . " But we cannot have known the " First Disobedience " ; we have ...
... action , " Man's First Dis- obedience , " and the results of that action . We are all familiar with some of the results . We have experienced , partially , “ all our woe . " But we cannot have known the " First Disobedience " ; we have ...
Page 137
... action . Physical heroism is not enough . Knowledge and intelligence are not enough . Abandonment to action , patriotism , or even self - sacrifice is not enough . To oppose the universe by our wills or our technology , as to oppose the ...
... action . Physical heroism is not enough . Knowledge and intelligence are not enough . Abandonment to action , patriotism , or even self - sacrifice is not enough . To oppose the universe by our wills or our technology , as to oppose the ...
Page 149
... action . The time between those decisions and their fulfilment in external action is hideously determined ; the individual decision and the eating of the Fruit form one action , manifested in time . And we , no more than Adam and Eve ...
... action . The time between those decisions and their fulfilment in external action is hideously determined ; the individual decision and the eating of the Fruit form one action , manifested in time . And we , no more than Adam and Eve ...
Contents
Preface page | ix |
The Beginning | 11 |
Satan Sin and Death | 32 |
Copyright | |
7 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Adam and Eve Adam's already angels appearance assume attempt become begins believe Book cause concerned continue created creation dark Death delight described desire destruction divine doubt Earth eternal Eve's evil expected experience expresses eyes fact fair faith fall fear final follow force freedom Fruit future give God's hand happy hath Heav'n Hell heroic human ignorance imagine immediate inevitably knowledge least less light lines live man's means merely Michael MICHIGAN Milton mind motions move movement nature never once opening Paradise Lost passage passion perceived perfection poem poet possess possible praise present providence question Raphael reader reality reason recognize relation reminded response Satan seems seen sense sexual sight sound speech Spirit thee things thir thou thought true turn universe vision wish