OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret... Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to which is ... - Page 3by John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796Full view - About this book
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