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Of the powers of the mind it is difficult to form an estimate : many have excelled
Milton in their first essays , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen ,
a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two psalms , 114
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Of the powers of the mind it is difficult to form an estimate : many have excelled
Milton in their first essays , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen ,
a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two psalms , 114
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Pagina 30
From a promise like this , at once fervid , pious , and rational , might be expected
the Paradise Lost . He published , the same year , two more pamphlets , upon the
same question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was " vomited ...
From a promise like this , at once fervid , pious , and rational , might be expected
the Paradise Lost . He published , the same year , two more pamphlets , upon the
same question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was " vomited ...
Pagina 46
For the subject of his epick poem , after much deliberation , long choosing , and
beginning late , he fixed upon Paradise Lost ; a design so comprehensive , that it
could be justified only by success . He had once designed to celebrate king ...
For the subject of his epick poem , after much deliberation , long choosing , and
beginning late , he fixed upon Paradise Lost ; a design so comprehensive , that it
could be justified only by success . He had once designed to celebrate king ...
Pagina 47
PARADISE LOST The Persons Moses apologizet , recounting how he assumed
his true body ; that it corrupts not , because it is with God in the mount : declares
the like of Enoch and Elijah ; besides the purity of the place , that certain pure ...
PARADISE LOST The Persons Moses apologizet , recounting how he assumed
his true body ; that it corrupts not , because it is with God in the mount : declares
the like of Enoch and Elijah ; besides the purity of the place , that certain pure ...
Pagina 48
Chorus sings the marriage song , and describes Paradise . ACT III Lucifer
contriving Adam's ruin . Chorus fears for Adam , and relates Lucifer's rebellion
and fall . ACT IV Adam , } Adam unparadised : The angel Gabriel , either
descending or.
Chorus sings the marriage song , and describes Paradise . ACT III Lucifer
contriving Adam's ruin . Chorus fears for Adam , and relates Lucifer's rebellion
and fall . ACT IV Adam , } Adam unparadised : The angel Gabriel , either
descending or.
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