The Poetical Works of John MiltonMacmillan, 1911 - 625 pages |
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... once acquired a book had a perpetual property in it . The understanding did not extend to Ire- land ; and accordingly there had been three Dublin editions of Paradise Lost- in 1724 , 1747 , and 1748 respectively . But about 1750 the ...
... once acquired a book had a perpetual property in it . The understanding did not extend to Ire- land ; and accordingly there had been three Dublin editions of Paradise Lost- in 1724 , 1747 , and 1748 respectively . But about 1750 the ...
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... once above thy sphere , Till pride and worse ambition threw me down , Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! " Phillips's words " several years before the Poem was begun " would not , by themselves , fix the date at which ...
... once above thy sphere , Till pride and worse ambition threw me down , Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! " Phillips's words " several years before the Poem was begun " would not , by themselves , fix the date at which ...
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... once entertained had faded more or less into the background of memory , and PARADISE LOST stood out , bold , clear , and without competitor . Nay more , the dramatic form , for which , when the subject first occurred to him , Milton had ...
... once entertained had faded more or less into the background of memory , and PARADISE LOST stood out , bold , clear , and without competitor . Nay more , the dramatic form , for which , when the subject first occurred to him , Milton had ...
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... once marked out , the completion of the Creation is a work of Six Days ( VII . 242 , 550 ) . On the last of these , to crown the work , the happy Earth received its first human pair - the appointed lords of the entire new Creation . And ...
... once marked out , the completion of the Creation is a work of Six Days ( VII . 242 , 550 ) . On the last of these , to crown the work , the happy Earth received its first human pair - the appointed lords of the entire new Creation . And ...
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... once his native seat , And , fast by , hanging in a golden chain , This pendent World , in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude close by the moon . " Care must be taken not to misinterpret this passage . INTRODUCTION TO PARADISE LOST ...
... once his native seat , And , fast by , hanging in a golden chain , This pendent World , in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude close by the moon . " Care must be taken not to misinterpret this passage . INTRODUCTION TO PARADISE LOST ...
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