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...it with pleasure, had he iot known the author.' Works,v'u.izi. 4 Paradise Lost Johnson describes as 'a poem which, considered with respect to design,...second, among the productions of the human mind.' 16. vii. 125. Macaulay thought ' that if only the first four books of Paradise Lost had been preserved...

...with pleasure, had he not known the author.' Works, vii. 121. 4 Paradise Lost Johnson describes as ' a poem which, considered with respect to design, may...second, among the productions of the human mind.' 16. vii. 125. Macaulay thought ' that if only the first four books of Paradise Lost had been preserved...

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