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Let there be light, said God ; And forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep...

The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two ... - Page 178
by Hugh Miller - 1857 - 500 pages
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Milton for the Methodists: Emphasized Extracts from Paradise Lost

John Milton - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 118 pages

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Milton's Legacy in the Arts

Albert C. Labriola, Edward Sichi - Arts, Modern - 1988 - 264 pages

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A Fine Tuning: Studies of the Religious Poetry of Herbert and Milton

Mary A. Maleski - Christian poetry, English - 1989 - 344 pages

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Milton, the Bible, and Misogyny

Philip J. Gallagher - Bible - 1990 - 208 pages

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Werke 1766-1769

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Dramatists, German - 1990 - 1334 pages

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The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories

Merriam-Webster, Inc - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 552 pages

...however, Milton uses quintessence with the stress falling on the second syllable as is common today: "Let there be Light!" said God; and forthwith Light...of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the Deep. . . . Many believed that the quintessence was found not only beyond the sphere of the Earth but was...

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