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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... included among the host led by Michael . Canon- ical , together with non - canonical books in their several versions , also provided a multitude of names suitable for use as adherents of Satan . We meet among Milton's group Belial ...
... included among the host led by Michael . Canon- ical , together with non - canonical books in their several versions , also provided a multitude of names suitable for use as adherents of Satan . We meet among Milton's group Belial ...
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... included description of the seventh day — the Sabbath upon which God rested , and contemplated his work . Later writers naturally and perhaps inevitably subscribed to this practice . As a result , Milton included in his account of the ...
... included description of the seventh day — the Sabbath upon which God rested , and contemplated his work . Later writers naturally and perhaps inevitably subscribed to this practice . As a result , Milton included in his account of the ...
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... included within those fragments to be quoted from Fletcher . Again in the same relative positions we meet a variety of comparable words : external - outward , watchful - pry , our knowledge - mem- ory , together with reason described as ...
... included within those fragments to be quoted from Fletcher . Again in the same relative positions we meet a variety of comparable words : external - outward , watchful - pry , our knowledge - mem- ory , together with reason described as ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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