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  • The title of the missive today is called Paradise Lost.

    unknown title 2012

  • The Paradise Lost had narrowly escaped mutilation; for the Paradise Lost was the work of a man whose politics were hateful to the ruling powers.

    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

  • I have an original script of Paradise Lost which is brilliant.

    More on the Paradise Lost film script Jenny Davidson 2005

  • Chalfont, in Bucks; where Elwood, who had taken the house for him, first saw a complete copy of "Paradise Lost," and, having perused it, said to him, "Thou hast said a great deal upon Paradise Lost; what hast thou to say upon Paradise Found?"

    Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley Samuel Johnson 1746

  • 'Paradise Lost' _proves_ nothing "; and various persons of poetical tastes and temperament have been very severe on the prosaic observation.

    Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

  • Fall "is not to be named in the same day with" Paradise Lost, "but it is a vastly pretty thing; and Herbert Spencer's" First Principles "simply laughs at the claims of poetry and refuses to be accepted as aught but the most majestic product of any human mind.

    How to Live on 24 Hours a Day Arnold Bennett 1899

  • Unbarr’d the gates of light. "—" Paradise Lost, "vi, 2. 157 — _Far as a shepherd.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1716

  • On golden hinges turning. "—" Paradise Lost, "v. 250. 156

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1716

  • His stature reach’d the sky. "—" Paradise Lost, "iv.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1716

  • Grinn’d horribly a ghastly smile. "—" Paradise Lost, "ii.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1716

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