Paradise Lost: A Poem, Volume 1Sharpe, 1821 - Bible In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the center of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, and briefly in danger of execution, Paradise Lost's apparent ambivalence toward authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to justify the ways of God to men, or exposes the cruelty of Christianity. |
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... father , John Milton , the celebrated composer , was disinherited in con- sequence of his embracing the Protestant religion , and was compelled to abandon the prosecution of his studies at Oxford , to seek the means of subsistence in ...
... father , John Milton , the celebrated composer , was disinherited in con- sequence of his embracing the Protestant religion , and was compelled to abandon the prosecution of his studies at Oxford , to seek the means of subsistence in ...
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... father , who expired in his arms . In 1649 , he was appointed Latin Secretary by the Council of State , at whose instigation he undertook to counteract the apprehended effects of the " ICON BASILIKE , " by his " ICONO- CLASTES ; " and ...
... father , who expired in his arms . In 1649 , he was appointed Latin Secretary by the Council of State , at whose instigation he undertook to counteract the apprehended effects of the " ICON BASILIKE , " by his " ICONO- CLASTES ; " and ...
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... father , in the upper part of the chancel of St. Giles's , Cripplegate , where a marble bust by Bacon has recently been erected to his memory . By his first wife he left three daughters , of whom ( but more certainly of the elder two ) ...
... father , in the upper part of the chancel of St. Giles's , Cripplegate , where a marble bust by Bacon has recently been erected to his memory . By his first wife he left three daughters , of whom ( but more certainly of the elder two ) ...
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... Fathers . To find out the truth of this prophecy , and what to determine thereon , he refers to a full council . What his associates thence attempt . Pandemonium , the palace of Satan , rises , suddenly built out of the deep : The ...
... Fathers . To find out the truth of this prophecy , and what to determine thereon , he refers to a full council . What his associates thence attempt . Pandemonium , the palace of Satan , rises , suddenly built out of the deep : The ...
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... had rung , Had not the snaky Sorceress that sat Fast by Hell - gate , and kept the fatal key , Risen , and with hideous outcry rush'd between . O Father ! what intends thy hand , she cried BOOK II . 697-726 . PARADISE LOST .
... had rung , Had not the snaky Sorceress that sat Fast by Hell - gate , and kept the fatal key , Risen , and with hideous outcry rush'd between . O Father ! what intends thy hand , she cried BOOK II . 697-726 . PARADISE LOST .
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Abdiel Adam adore Almighty Angels appear'd arm'd arms battle Beelzebub behold Belial bliss Buckinghamshire burning lake call'd celestial chariot Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark deeds deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell Fiend fierce fiery fill'd fire flames flowers gates glory Gods gold golden grace hand happy hast hate hath Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour horrid host infernal Ithuriel JOHN MILTON JOHN SHARPE join'd King legions less light Messiah Moloch morn night o'er once ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd praise rage reign revenge RICHARD WESTALL round Satan seat seem'd Seraph Seraphim shade shalt shape sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon