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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... reason described as chief and as the highest sovereign . Milton named fancy a mimic , imitator , and transformer of shapes ; Fletcher exemplified fancy playing these rĂ´les . One writer described reason as choos- ing what we affirm or ...
... reason described as chief and as the highest sovereign . Milton named fancy a mimic , imitator , and transformer of shapes ; Fletcher exemplified fancy playing these rĂ´les . One writer described reason as choos- ing what we affirm or ...
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... reason . This emphasis on reason we have at times regarded as unusual . However , both early Greek and Roman philosophers had stressed reason , or intellect , as the quality which lifted man above the animal . Its ex- altation had ...
... reason . This emphasis on reason we have at times regarded as unusual . However , both early Greek and Roman philosophers had stressed reason , or intellect , as the quality which lifted man above the animal . Its ex- altation had ...
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... reason . But on the contrary , in the examination of philosophical points , it were a preposterous course to begin ... reason for attacking Wilkins personally . The second of the three probable reasons which may have led Milton to ...
... reason . But on the contrary , in the examination of philosophical points , it were a preposterous course to begin ... reason for attacking Wilkins personally . The second of the three probable reasons which may have led Milton to ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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