The Poetical Works of John MiltonMacmillan, 1911 - 625 pages |
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... Britain as well - being found inconsistent with the Copyright Act of Queen Anne , passed in 1709 ; and , accordingly , from 1750 onwards we find London and Edinburgh publishers venturing to put forth 8 INTRODUCTION TO PARADISE LOST .
... Britain as well - being found inconsistent with the Copyright Act of Queen Anne , passed in 1709 ; and , accordingly , from 1750 onwards we find London and Edinburgh publishers venturing to put forth 8 INTRODUCTION TO PARADISE LOST .
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... passed between us , he called " for a manuscript of his ; which , being brought , he delivered to me , bidding me take it home with me and read it at my leisure , and , when I had so done , return it to him with my judgment thereupon ...
... passed between us , he called " for a manuscript of his ; which , being brought , he delivered to me , bidding me take it home with me and read it at my leisure , and , when I had so done , return it to him with my judgment thereupon ...
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... passing themselves off as gods and demigods of all kinds of mongrel mythologies . That this is the main course and purport of the Epic will be perceived all the more clearly if the reader will note how much of the action , though it all ...
... passing themselves off as gods and demigods of all kinds of mongrel mythologies . That this is the main course and purport of the Epic will be perceived all the more clearly if the reader will note how much of the action , though it all ...
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... passed over , the Poem hastens into the midst of things ; presenting Satan , with his Angels , now fallen into Hell - described here not in the Centre ( for heaven and earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly not yet accursed ) ...
... passed over , the Poem hastens into the midst of things ; presenting Satan , with his Angels , now fallen into Hell - described here not in the Centre ( for heaven and earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly not yet accursed ) ...
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... passed through fire To his grim idol . Him the Ammonite Worshiped in Rabba and her watery plain , In Argob and in Basan , to the stream Of utmost Arnon . Nor content with such Audacious neighbourhood , the wisest heart Of Solomon he led ...
... passed through fire To his grim idol . Him the Ammonite Worshiped in Rabba and her watery plain , In Argob and in Basan , to the stream Of utmost Arnon . Nor content with such Audacious neighbourhood , the wisest heart Of Solomon he led ...
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