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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: I, who erewhile the happy garden sung, By one man's disobedience lost, now sing Recovered Paradise to all mankind, By one man's firm obedience. ? Milton, Paradise Regained. 1:1. Troy. A city in northwest Asia Minor where the famous Trojan war took place. 1: 3. Latian. The broad plain near the mouth of the Tiber, in Italy. 1: 5. Juno. Queen of the gods; wife and sister of Jupiter. 1: 5. Much. Much there he suffered, And many perilles past in forreine landes, To save his people sad from victours vengefull handes, ? Spenser, Faerie Queene. 1:8. Alba. Alba Longa, a long ridge some fifteen miles southeast of Rome. The successors of JSneas reigned there until the founding of Rome. 1:10. Muse. One of the nine Muses. Greek and Latin poets often profess to be merely the mouthpiece of the Muses. 1:14. Hate. And in soft bosoms dwell such mighty rage? ? Pope, Rape of the Lock. In heavenly spirits could such perverseness dwell? ?Milton, Paradise Lost. 1: 17. Tyre. Carthage was sprung from Tyre, an old and prosperous city on the coast of Phoenicia. The founders of Carthage and their descendants are termed indifferently by Virgil Phoenicians, Sidonians, Posni, or Tyrians. 1:19. War's. An old and haughty nation proud in arms. ? Milton, Comus. 1: 21. Samos. A large island off the west coast of Asia Minor. Here were the most ancient temple and worship of Juno, here she was nurtured, and here she waa married to Jupiter. 1: 28. Libya. North Africa. 2: 1. Fate's. Those three fatal Sisters, whose sad hands Doo weave the direful threads of destinie And in their wrath brake off the vitall bands. ? Spenser, Daphnafda. Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. ? Milton...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217999618 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217999611 |
| Weight | 0.40 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 In |
| List Price | $8.23 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 116 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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