Paradise Lost: An Account of Its Growth and Major OriginsParadise 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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... appeared , Girt with omnipotence , with radiance crowned About his chariot numberless were poured Cherub and Seraph , Potentates and Thrones , And Virtues , winged Spirits , and chariots winged From the armory of God , where stand of ...
... appeared , Girt with omnipotence , with radiance crowned About his chariot numberless were poured Cherub and Seraph , Potentates and Thrones , And Virtues , winged Spirits , and chariots winged From the armory of God , where stand of ...
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... contemporary knew well in advance . During the preliminary assemblage of his warriors , Satan appeared in a rĂ´le both new and old . He remained the proud and defiant leader , but for the first time THE COUNCIL IN HELL 113.
... contemporary knew well in advance . During the preliminary assemblage of his warriors , Satan appeared in a rĂ´le both new and old . He remained the proud and defiant leader , but for the first time THE COUNCIL IN HELL 113.
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... appeared in 1639 ; and the sec- ond detail conceivably , although improbably , could have been developed from Purchas . In any event , Milton had sufficient time to have used the Cosmography in the 1652- 53 period . I mention in passing ...
... appeared in 1639 ; and the sec- ond detail conceivably , although improbably , could have been developed from Purchas . In any event , Milton had sufficient time to have used the Cosmography in the 1652- 53 period . I mention in passing ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
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